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Making A Film Is A Way For Me To Understand What It's Like To Be A Murderer, To Confess, To Be A Beaten Wife, To Be A Minority, To Be A Victor, To Get The Girl, To Lose The Girl. I Can Do All Of That Through The Practice Of An Art Form.

It's Always Interesting To Play People Different From Yourself, It Would Be Boring For Me To Play Myself.

[stanley] Kubrick Was A Fascinating, Larger Than Life Guy Who Had Been A Friend For Many Years Prior To Our Working Together On That Film. I Found The Best Part Of Working With Him To Be The Long Conversations We Had Between Set-ups.

You Know, Essentially When You Do A Play You're Reinterpreting A Work Of Art That Already Exists. That's Not What Happens With A Movie.

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