Making Films Is Much More

By That I Mean, I Think That It Is True That Politics And Political Heroes Have To Satisfy Our Need To Be Greater Than Mortal In Some Way, And That's Led Them Into Creating Illusions, Sound Bites, Focus Groups That Tell You What To Do.

Relationship Films Are Political. If A Woman Is Sitting In A Waiting Room In An Office And A Man Walks In And Sits Down, It's A Political Situation. If He Decides To Smoke, Does He Ask Her Or Does He Just Light Up? If He Lights Up, What Does She Do? It's Politics.

[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.

I'm Not Trying To Push My Political Agenda On Anybody. I'll Do That Like Any Other Citizen By Giving Money To A Party Or Candidate I Believe In. I Don't Mind Going Out And Endorsing Somebody I Believe In. But When We're Talking About My Films, I Don't Think My Politics Should Have Anything To Do With It.

Editing Feels Almost Like Sculpting Or A Form Of Continuing The Writing Process.