Come A Crisis, We Want

I Haven't Got Anything Against Films That Are About The Minutia Of Relationships Or Customs, But I Love Extremes. I Love Taking A Bunch Of Characters And It Usually Is A Bunch Of Characters, And You Throw Something At Them That's Usually Extreme, Like A Bag Of Money, Or You Send Them Out To Explode A Nuclear Device On The Surface Of The Sun. And Those Extremes Are Wonderful For Drama.

If I Was American, I Think I'd Live In New York, Because I Like That East Coast Mentality. There's Nothing Wrong With Hollywood. If You Want To Be A Big Time Filmmaker, You Should Go To Hollywood.

What You Do Is Take The Power [popularity] Gives You - Which Is Very Temporary And Minor But Significant - And Use It. The Danger Is That You Use It On A Vanity Project That No One Wants To Watch.

Film Industry Is A Pretty Brutal Business. If You Fall Too Far Behind, All Of The Perfectionism In The World Won't Save You.

Celluloid Will Be The Next Decade's Black And White.