Usually The Audience Has No

Some People See Me As Dissecting My Characters In Some Kind Of Heartless, Coldblooded, Analytical Way, When In Truth Making These Movies Is A Passionate, Intensely Emotional Experience For Me. I'm Detached From The Characters Only To The Degree That I Have To Be In Order To Write Honestly About Them.

And That's Just What I'm Saying. I Would Never Want To Be Like Certain People, Who Change The Way They Dress, Go Out In Disguise, Wear A Big Floppy Hat And Dark Shades. I Would Hate That.

That Is Definitely A Misunderstanding Between Me And A Part Of My Audience. To Be Honest, I Am Often Unsettled By The Responses Some People Have Had To My Movies, And That Includes Many People Who Like Them.

The Funny Thing Is, Strangers Still Seem To Feel Comfortable Coming Up To Me And Saying Things, But Now Usually It’s Because They Recognize Me, And They Say Nice Things.

For Me, New Jersey Is Kind Of A Mythical Place. It's Emblematic Of A Certain Aspect Of American Life. Florida Is The Same Way. It's Where People Go To Recreate, To Reinvent Themselves. It's What California Used To Be. I Think Florida Is Still A Place To Erase The Past.