That was an important thing to learn - the more preparation you do the more a subject will respect you. But also, the more you'll think about what the real story is.
Movies are only the result of where we are as human beings.
Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it. '
I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.
No one can stop me from talking about my movie.
I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
But I'm never gonna get to a point in my life where what it costs to shoot a movie is going to determine what it is. The limits of my imagination is the only thing that's gonna stop me.
All you can do is learn the skills of movies. Neither colleges nor anyone else can teach you creativity. They can teach you abilities to work with - you know how to use the gifts you've been born with.
The artist is a strange being. I think it's safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that is partly a blessing and partly a curse. An artist enjoys and suffers from isolation. As solitude, isolation can nurture. It can also destroy.
A great deal of our ratings on the morning news are people who died during the night with their TV on.
Life gives to the give and takes from the taker.