When You Make A Film You Usually

You Are Not An Active Creator Of The Film.

I See My Job As Trying To Entertain You, To Be Balanced In Some Way, And Morally Responsible. I Don't Want To Glorify A Killer. I Don't Want To Glorify A Rapist. I Don't Want To Do Those Things, But On The Other Hand I Don't Want To Lecture To You, Either.

Making A Film Is A Way For Me To Understand What It's Like To Be A Murderer, To Confess, To Be A Beaten Wife, To Be A Minority, To Be A Victor, To Get The Girl, To Lose The Girl. I Can Do All Of That Through The Practice Of An Art Form.

Most Human Beings Who Are Accustomed To Attempting To See The World From Various Points Of View Tend To Be More Liberal Than Conservative. I Have One Life. I Am A Certain Age. I'm Married To One Person. I Have A Certain Number Of Children. I Won't Have Another Life Other Than That, But I Do Have Many Lives Through The Films. It's A Way For Me To Understand What It's Like To Be A Murderer, To Confess, To Be A Beaten Wife, To Be A Minority, To Be A Victor, To Get The Girl, To Lose The Girl. I Can Do All Of That Through The Practice Of An Art Form.

I Mean, Certainly Writing, Painting, Photography, Dance, Architecture, There Is An Aspect Of Almost Every Art Form That Is Useful And That Merges Into Film In Some Way.