I Have A Very Sissy Job, Where

After The Modest Success Of My First Film, I Found It Very Daunting To Have To Live With That Kind Of Burden Of Expectations.

I Don't Get It When You Get So Much Openness About The Way Movies Are Made, And The Special Effects And The Behind-the-scenes Stuff And All Of That. I Can't Help But Feel Like This Reduces It A Little Bit.

People Always Say, "what Do You Want To Do Next, What Kind Of Movie Do You Want To Do Next?" And I Say, "i Wanna Do Whatever Script That Is The Best One That Comes My Way." I Certainly Would Never Say, "oh, I'm Gonna Do A Western Next," And Sit Around Waitin' For A Western To Come Along When There's Some Other Genre's Brilliant Script Sitting Right There.

The Risk Element Only Came From Acknowledging Other People's Attitudes Toward It, And Realizing That They Considered It To Be A Risk For Me To Do.

Dieter Dengler Was An Amazing Man. Who Knows What He Would've Been Had He Not Ever Been Tested In This Way? It's A Question That I Certainly Have Myself. What Would I Be Able To Do In Certain Situations? He Came Out, Obviously, Looking Like A True Hero, But He Didn't Go In Looking Like That. He Was Not Your Typical Image Of Somebody That You Would Think Would Be The Tough Guy Who Was Able To Endure. His Lighthearted Attitude, This Sort Of Dorkiness, And Naivete; It Ended Up Being The Finest Tool For His Survival.