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Frankenstein Feels Like An Ancient Tale, The Kind Of Traditional Story That Appears In Many Other Forms. It Appeals To Something Very Primal, But It's Also About Profound Things, The Very Nature Of Life And Death And Birth - About, Essentially, A Man Who Is Resisting The Most Irresistible Fact Of All, That We Will Be Shuffling Off This Mortal Coil.

I Only Really Cast People Who Are Desperate To Be In It - Who Were Dying To Be In It, Whose Talent I Believed In And Were Dead Ready To Do The Work That Was Necessary.

Variety Is Very, Very Good. Going From Medium To Medium, If You Get The Chance To Do It, From Theater To Television To Film, Which Are All Distinctly Different, Keeps Me Sharp.

Even When A Film Is Finished, When I Direct A Film, Sometimes It's A Dark Profession, But It Requires A Peculiar Form Of Courage That I Admire.

There Are Some Amazing Stories From All Over This Country, Where People's Work And Contribution Has Been Acknowledged. To Be Part Of That Is An Absolutely Fantastic Feeling.