When You Make A Film You Usually

I Make Films, And I Hope That People Come To See Them. If They Don't, I Pay A Big Price. But I Can't Make Decisions Where I Would Change My Own Standards Or My Own Taste In Order To Court The Public In Some Way.

I Have To Have A Working Knowledge Of Light, And Optics, Film Emulsions And Their Properties, And Lenses, Otherwise I Can't Create The Shoots That Are The Vocabulary Of The Films. But It Is Not Necessary For Me To Be A Cameraman, I Can Hire A Cameraman.

Ok, I Know This Is Going To Disgust You, Michael, But A Lot Of People Are In This Business To Make Money.

And I Taught Acting For Years, And Without Knowing It That Was The Real Thing That Started Bending Me Toward Directing.

Three Days Of The Condor Is Still An Interesting Film To Watch Not Because It's Political. It Happens To Be Political. But That's Not Why The Sales Of The Dvds Are As High As They Are. It's Because It's An Entertaining Thriller. In My Opinion, Tootsie Is A Very Political Movie But Truck Drivers Can Go And Laugh At It.