Film Is A Collective Experience,

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.

Once I Start To Do A Film, It Has Inferences. If A Guy Walks Down A Street And Kicks A Dog, You're Saying Something About That Guy. A Guy Walks Down The Street And Somebody's About To Be Run Over And He Shoves Him Out Of His Way And Gets Hit By The Car Himself, You're Saying That Guy's A Hero. You Can't Avoid Making Certain Statements.

The Very Reasons Sometimes That You Make A Film Are The Reasons For Its Failure.

My Films Ought To Be Judged On Whether They're Entertaining Or Good As Films, But Not On The Political View Necessarily. I'm Trying To Be Morally Responsible And No More. I Don't Have An Agenda I'm Trying To Push.

I Personally Have Never Made A Movie In Hollywood, Because I Don't Want To Get Up In My Own Bed And Then Go To The Movie Set, And Then Come Home At Night To My Real Life.