Making Films Is Much More

We Talked About Tootsie, The Idea In Tootsie Is That A Man Becomes A Better Man For Having Been A Woman.

I Love Having Made A Film And Watching It When It Affects Audiences In A Positive Way. It Was Always Fun For Me To Hide In The Back Of A Theater And Watch Tootsie With An Audience And Hear Them Laugh. And It's Gratifying 20 Years Later To Imagine That They Still Can Find It Amusing.

All Films Are Political, Whether They Mean To Be Or Not. Star Wars Is Political. As Soon As You Have Conflict, Which Is The Key To Most Films, You Have Politics. It's Just That Some Are More Artful With The Handling Of Politics Than Others.

I Mean, The Truth Of The Matter Is, I Like The Failures As Much As I Like The Successes, It's Only The World That Doesn't Like The Failures.

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.