The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing ... it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over. 
OK, I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money. 
Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process. 
Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie. 
But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood. 
What I really want to do is produce. There isn't much patience with a slow developing story line anymore. 
You mustn't regret decisions that you make. Because the decisions are made out of your gut in a way and you have to stick with them. 
Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field. 
And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing. 
I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon. 
It's always interesting to play people different from yourself, it would be boring for me to play myself. 
Every single art form is involved in film, in a way. 
I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor. 
I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive. 
You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie. 
No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did. 
I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites. 
I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. 
If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods. 
Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative. 
Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you've done has lasted. 