I Always Think That There

No One Really Has The Power, And Everybody's Trying To Get Through The Day, And Everybody's Nervous And Desperate.

I'm Emotionally Invested In Every Movie That I Do, Period, Because You've Got To Make That Commitment. You're Spending A Year, 18 Months Of Your Life Doing It. I'm Invested In All Those Kinds Of Pieces. Most Of The Films I've Had In My Career Have Never Tested Well. I Got Lucky That Sometimes I Got Supported By Studios - Or, At Least If Not Supported, Tolerated.

Producers - We Always Think, "well, Producers Are Very Powerful," But Producers Don't Really Have The Power. It's The Appearance They Might, But They Don't. Even The Actors Don't. Even The Studio Heads Don't, Because They're Beholden To This Corporation And What The Corporation Wants. So No One Really Has The Power, And Everybody's Trying To Get Through The Day, And Everybody's Nervous And Desperate.

If You Test Iron Man And That Audience Doesn't Respond Well, You Can Be Damn Sure That There Is Something Wrong With The Movie That You Have To Address. Because They're Expecting A Certain Amount Of Action, Right? They Want A Hero. There Are Certain Things That Have To Be Compatible With The Way The Audience Is Thinking About It. If You Take Some Other Film, Like No Country For Old Men, You Can End Up With All Kinds Of Crazy Reactions.

I Think Certain Movies Work And That Is Part Of The Magic Of It All. We Can't Truly Define Why Something Succeeds.