I Was Excited To Discover, In This

Anything You Build On A Large Scale Or With Intense Passion Invites Chaos.

They Needed Someone To Write A Script Of The Great Gatsby Very Quickly For The Movie They Were Making. I Took This Job So I'd Be Sure To Have Some Dough To Support My Family.

The Time A Movie Is Made Is Unique, Not Only From The Talent That Is Available But If The Public Was Ready For It.

I Never Went To A Psychologist Or Psychiatrist In My Life. Never. You Know, Italians Are A Little Prejudiced Against That Kind Of Thing.

My Film Isn't About Vietnam. It Is Vietnam. It's What It Was Really Like. It Was Crazy. And The Way We Made It Was Very Much Like The Way The Americans Were In Vietnam. We Were In The Jungle, There Were Too Many Of Us, We Had Access To Too Much Money, Too Much Equipment And Little By Little We Went Insane.