I Always Told My Children When They

Human Beings Are Glorious And Preposterous Characters.

I've Worked With More Than 50 Directors And I've Paid Attention Since Day One. That's Pretty Much Been My Education, Apart From Studying Art History And Shooting With My Own Cameras. I've Seen 50 Different Sets Of Mistakes And 50 Different Ways Of Achieving.

No, I Don't Think About The Myth Of The West. It's Not The Kind Of Thinking I Do. That's More Suited To People Who Live In Big Towns On The West Coast Or East Coast, People Who Stay Under A Roof, In A Room, All The Time.

My Idea In Terms Of Managing A Narrative, Or In Thinking In My Creative Life, Is That You Could Easily Argue That The Past, The Present And The Future All Occur Simultaneously, And If You Can Postulate That, Then You're Not Strictly Bound To A Linear Narrative.

In The Political World, The Only Position I Have Is Voter. I'm Not A Spokesman For Anything.