When You Make A Film You Usually

There Isn't Any Question That Hollywood Is Profit Driven. Anybody That Thinks It Isn't Is A Fool. It's A Business. Hollywood Was Never Philanthropy. The Only Purpose It Had Was Making Money; The Only Purpose It Still Has Is To Make Money.

By That I Mean, I Think That It Is True That Politics And Political Heroes Have To Satisfy Our Need To Be Greater Than Mortal In Some Way, And That's Led Them Into Creating Illusions, Sound Bites, Focus Groups That Tell You What To Do.

The Dance That Happens, Between Actor And Director, Is A Very Delicate Thing...it's Why People Tend To Work Together On Many Films Over And Over.

I Have To Have A Working Knowledge Of Light, And Optics, Film Emulsions And Their Properties, And Lenses, Otherwise I Can't Create The Shoots That Are The Vocabulary Of The Films. But It Is Not Necessary For Me To Be A Cameraman, I Can Hire A Cameraman.

The Very Reasons Sometimes That You Make A Film Are The Reasons For Its Failure.