There's A Level Of Sophistication Of Filmmaking

Fighting For Identity Is Something That Is Very Much In My Life.

There's A Level Of Sophistication Of Filmmaking That's Mind-boggling. Anything You Need For Your Movie, There's An Establishment That Can Make It Happen Really Fast.

There's Only One Movie In My Career I've Had Regrets With Cutting It Shorter, And I Think Some Scenes Maybe I Shouldn't Have Cut.

Making This Movie As A Period Piece About A Period That Was Very Recent In People's Minds. I Was In Taiwan [during The 1970s], So I Hope I Did All Right. Otherwise, It Could Be The Biggest Embarrassment Of My Life. Also, The Story Is Not Linear, It's Patchy, Like A Cubist Painting, And There Is Always The Possibility It Will Not Hold Together, It Will Fall Apart. The Tone Is Part Satire, Part Serious Drama, Part Tragedy, All Mixed Together, And It Has To Hit An Emotional Core. That's Also Very Scary.

American Films Are Less American Every Day, Because You Have To Please A World Audience. There's Less Authenticity, So It's More Accessible.