I Personally Have Never Made A Movie

Editing Feels Almost Like Sculpting Or A Form Of Continuing The Writing Process.

I Have To Have A Working Knowledge Of Light, And Optics, Film Emulsions And Their Properties, And Lenses, Otherwise I Can't Create The Shoots That Are The Vocabulary Of The Films. But It Is Not Necessary For Me To Be A Cameraman, I Can Hire A Cameraman.

I Love Having Made A Film And Watching It When It Affects Audiences In A Positive Way. It Was Always Fun For Me To Hide In The Back Of A Theater And Watch Tootsie With An Audience And Hear Them Laugh. And It's Gratifying 20 Years Later To Imagine That They Still Can Find It Amusing.

Film Is A Collective Experience, As You Know.

Hollywood Was Set Up By A Bunch Of Businessmen. They Do Not See Their Job As Being Philanthropists. I Don't Think It's A Contradiction In Terms To Attempt To Be A Good Businessman And To Also Be Liberal.