I'm The Barbarian Of Hollywood.

There Is A Certain Kind Of Respect For Authenticity Today That There Wasn't Back In The Days When They Did 'cleopatra,' Where Everything Looked Like A Giant Motel. People Want To Have It Be Authentic In The Look, And Authentic In The Way People Behave.

Egotism Is Not A Good Quality. It's Not Something To Be Admired Or Even Tolerated. It Wouldn't Be Tolerated In A Field Commander And It Shouldn't Be Tolerated In A Movie Director.

I May Not Be The Strongest Guy Or The Most Well Armed, But You Can Put Me In A Room With A Pencil And A Piece Of Paper And I Can Kill Anybody.

I Find That Screenwriting Is At Best Kind Of A Hackwork In Some Ways.

No, You're Either Born A Writer, A Storyteller, Or You're Not.