I Have A Tradition Of Working With

I Like Films That Are About Two Hours Not More.

I've Been A Big Believer In Musicians Turned Actor, Going Back To Sinatra Winning The Oscar For 'from Here To Eternity.' David Bowie In 'man Who Fell To Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's Been Great In A Bunch Of Films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I Thought Was Great In 'precious.

It's Always Funny To Me How Your Movie Becomes No Longer Yours And People Interpret It How They Want And React How They Want To React To It, And It's Fun To Kind Of Watch That Happen.

One Of The Challenges Assembling The Film Was That Gun Fight Went On For Three And A Half Hours And We Obviously Couldn't Spend Three And A Half Hours Of The Film With One Gun Fight. It Was Trying To Figure Out The Balance Of How Much An Audience Could Take Before They Either Became Repulsed Or Desensitized Or Bored Or Just Overwhelmed.

I'm A Huge Fan Of The Navy. My Father Was A Naval Historian, And I've Been Studying Naval Battles Forever.