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The Literature Now Is So Opaque To The Average Person That You Couldn't Take A Science-fiction Short Story That's Published Now And Turn It Into A Movie. There'd Be Way Too Much Ground Work You'd Have To Lay. It's Ok To Have Detail And Density, But If You Rely On Being A Lifelong Science-fiction Fan To Understand What The Story Is About, Then It's Not Going To Translate To A Broader Audience.

You Have To Not Listen To The Nay Sayers Because There Will Be Many And Often They`ll Be Much More Qualified Than You And Cause You To Sort Of Doubt Yourself.

It Took Me A Long Time To Realize That You Have To Have A Bit Of An Interlanguage With Actors. You Have To Give Them Something That They Can Act With.

A Director's Job Is To Make Something Happen And It Doesn't Happen By Itself. So You Wheedle, You Cajole, You Flatter People, You Tell Them What Needs To Be Done. And If You Don't Bring A Passion And An Intensity To It, You Shouldn't Be Doing It.

That Worst Evil Of Long Dictatorships: The Loss Of All Political Experience.