There Is An Audience Out There For

I Could Never Be A Part Of An Adaptation Of A Film Where There's Pressure To Not Disappoint The Immense Fan Base. In Those Cases, They Often Wind Up With Filmed Books On Tape, Quite Uncinematic. Having Said That, I'd Say All The Adaptations I've Done Are Quite Faithful To The Original... You Have To Pick And Choose Which Storylines And Plot Threads, Because You Don't Have The Time To Kill In The Film As They Have In Novels. All Those Pages With Detours And Plots And Different Storylines. But Films Add A Lot, And You Gotta Keep It Moving.

I Think A Badly Crafted, Great Idea For A New Film With A Ton Of Spelling Mistakes Is Just 100 Times Better Than A Well-crafted Stale Script.

Marketing Has Supplanted Story As The Primary Force Behind The Worthiness Of Making A Film, And That's A Very Sad Thing. It's Film Only As A Function Of Consumerism Rather Than As An Important Component Of Our Culture, And That's Everywhere Around The World.

The Worst Thing For People To Say About Your Movies Is, "yeah, It Was Pretty Good, But It Was Too Damn Long.".

This Is How Good Movies Get Made And Always Have: From The Gut Instinct Of The Financiers, Not Just By Committee And Research.