My Advice To Young Filmmakers Is This:

Capitalism Is Supposedly Free Enterprise. Supposedly About The Free Individual. But Capitalism Itself Is So Massive That The Guy On The Street Gets Caught In Paying Rent, Taxes, And He Doesn't Own Himself At All.

The Oscar Is The Most Valuable, But Least Expensive, Item Of World-wide Public Relations Ever Invented By Any Industry.

Most Ideologies Of The World Are Not For The Individual. They're Against The Individual. Communism, Fascism. Any Kind Of An Ism - Almost - They're Against The Individual.

I Have A Sixth Sense For Casting. I Just Have To See And Talk To The Actors. I Never Make Tests. I Like To Work With Crowds. I Like To Get The Principals In A Crowd. When They Do, Something Else Comes Off, Something Special.

There Are A Lot Of People Who Believe That The Individual Can't Make It Himself. And That's Why People Want To Join Up In Various Herds - Herd Formation. So You Become Part Of A Herd, A Group. Group Power Of Some Kind. There's An Awful Lot Of Group Power People In Our Country [the Usa] - Black Power, Chinese Power, Indian Power, Woman Power. Everyone Is Putting In Together.