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People Have Asked Me Throughout The Years Which Directors Have Influenced Me. I Don't Know Their Names, Because I Was Mostly Influenced When I'd See A Film And Think, "man, I Want To Be Sure To Never Do Anything Like That." So I Never Learned Their Names. It Wasn't A Matter Of Copying Or Emulating Somebody I Admired. It Was Getting Rid Of A Lot Of Stuff.

Titanic I Thought Was The Most Dreadful Piece Of Work I've Ever Seen In My Entire Life. Another Film That I Think Is Equally Bad Was American Beauty. So Badly Acted And Directed. But People Like That.

Happy Endings Are Absolutely Ludicrous, They're Not True At All. We See The Guy Carry The Girl Across The Threshold And Everybody Lives Happily Ever After -- That's Bullshit. Three Weeks Later He's Beating Her Up And She's Suing For Divorce And He's Got Cancer.

I Never Knew What I Wanted, Except That It Was Something I Hadn't Seen Before.

I Make No Apologies For Popeye. Behind M*a*s*h, It's My Biggest Hit. It Got Maligned By The Critics Because It Wasn't Superman. It Wasn't About Special Effects And It Wasn't Made For 14-year-old Boys. The Majority Of Films Are Made For 14-year-old Boys; I Don't Know Where They Get The Eight Bucks To Get In. It's Hush Money From The Parents.