Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have to have the strength to survive all the set backs all the failures that make this a mean business, that's getting meaner and meaner every…

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I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set...

I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set...

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to...

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to...

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd...

I don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd...

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here...

Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here...

You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against...

You can't completely control the sport - Tiger Woods comes close. The test is against...

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you...

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you...

Generally speaking, I went through that. I came to a place where I realised what...

Generally speaking, I went through that. I came to a place where I realised what...

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if...

Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if...

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that...

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that...

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or...

I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch...

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch...

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

I'm not a facelift person. I am what I am.

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok...

There is nothing I can do about this stuff and I am pretty well ok...