I Have My Misgivings About 3-d. I

I've Been Very Lucky In That The Studios Really Respect Me And They Give Me All My Creative Freedom. But Nevertheless, They Are Inputs, They Have Opinions. It's The Same Thing For Me As If You're In A Shower And You're Coming Up With A Tune, With A Melody, But There Are 70 People Trying To Sing Their Own Melody At The Same Time. So You Have To Focus And Concentrate, And Not Lose The Track Of Your Melody.

Cautionary Tales Were Fantastic In The '70s.

I Have My Set Rigged With The Biggest Sound System Possible And Have A Mini Jack For My Ipod Attached To My Director's Chair. I Find Playing Music Is A Very Direct Way To Communicate With Actors And The Crew, Especially Those Crew Members Who Are On The Periphery Of The Set. I Like Dancing On Set Too, It's A Good Way To Release Tension.

It's A Cliche, But Americans Are Puritanical. In Their Movies, They Are Scared Of Sex, But They Overindulge In Violence. I Could Have Cut A G-rated Version Of 'y Tu Mama Tambien' That Would Have Pleased The American Ratings Board, But It Would Have Been Five Minutes Long.

I Think It Is Something That Is So Important, To Be Very Aware Of The Direction In Which The 21st Century Is Going With All This Blind Faith In Democracy. And By The Way, I Am Not Against Democracy - I Am Against The Blind Faith That Is Being Put In Democracy.