A Movie Takes On Its

I Can't Please Everybody And I Don't Try To. If I Can Please Myself That's Enough. For The Rest, I Just Hope For The Best.

But Anonymity Is Very Important To Me, And I Don't Want To Be Recognized In Public More Than I Already Am.

Some People Will Of Course Accuse Me Of Misanthropy And Cynicism. I Can't Celebrate Humanity But I'm Not Out To Indict It Either. I Just Want To Expose Certain Truths.

So Far, At Least, I Haven't Found A Way To Tell My Kind Of Stories Without Making Them Both Sad And Funny.

People Call You "director," But It Really Should Be "economic Manager." Because Everything Is "well, We Can Do Another Take Here, But Then You're Gonna Lose That Shot Over There." Or "the Sun's Going Down, Sorry, You're Outta Luck. We Can't Afford To." You Know? And Meanwhile, How Do You Get The Performer's Performance? I'm Thinking The Whole Time All About "how Can I Get My Day Done?" And My Performances Are Primarily A Result Of Casting The Right People At The Right Time In The Right Parts. And Then I Do Little Modifications.