I Knew Danny Devito And He Knew

People Wrestle Sometimes Making Movies, And I Think That Conflict Is A Very Essential Thing. I Think A Lot Of Very Happy Productions Have Produced A Lot Of Very Banal Movies.

I Start To Get Fixated On A Story And A Character And An Idea, And At A Certain Point, I Really Want To Do It. It's A Compulsion To Explore A Specific Thing, As Opposed To A Compulsion To Direct, Generally Speaking.

I Like To Get Into A Lot Of Things Besides Movies. I've Been Very Involved With A Few Specific Efforts. We Built This Park In New York And It's Been A Very Successful Project... I Worked On A Conservation Project In East Africa... Too Much Of This Type Of Stuff Can Get You Wrapped Up In Your Own Work And I Love It.

Most People Don't Relate To And Can't Generate Concern For Something They Don't Encounter Personally Or Feel Personally Affected By. People Have To Have The Palpable Negatives In Their Lives Dissected For Them In Ways That Let Them Understand The Root Causes Of Unhealthy, Unhappy Conditions In Their Lives And Then Be Allowed To Really See And Feel The Positive Alternatives.

There Are Things You Do For The Fun Of Doing Them Or To Work Or To Hang With Certain People. But The Projects That I've Invested Myself In And Cared About Most Deeply Have Absolutely Been Activated By A Desire To Chase Something That I Relate To, Or That I See As Having The Potential To Speak To Someone Else Directly.