I Think It's A Terrible Shame That

Well, I Was Born And Raised In The Midwest, In Indiana Specifically, And My Childhood Was Full Of Weekend Movies, You Know, The Saturday And Sunday Popcorn Movies.

Once I Start To Do A Film, It Has Inferences. If A Guy Walks Down A Street And Kicks A Dog, You're Saying Something About That Guy. A Guy Walks Down The Street And Somebody's About To Be Run Over And He Shoves Him Out Of His Way And Gets Hit By The Car Himself, You're Saying That Guy's A Hero. You Can't Avoid Making Certain Statements.

With A Movie You're Creating From The Beginning This Particular Work, Let's Not Call It Work Of Art, Because Very Few Movies Are Works Of Art, Let's Just Call Them Bits Of Popular Culture, Whatever They Are, Sometimes Very Rarely By Accident A Movie Becomes A Work Of Art.

You Know, Essentially When You Do A Play You're Reinterpreting A Work Of Art That Already Exists. That's Not What Happens With A Movie.

There's A Religious Basis To Their [bush And Chaney] Kind Of Conservatism. It's Rooted In A Kind Of Fundamentalism. I'm Afraid Of That. I Don't Like That Idea. I Think All Extremism Is Suspect.