It's An Unhealthy Habit To Say That

I Do Not Make Films Which Are Prescriptive, And I Do Not Make Films That Are Conclusive. You Do Not Walk Out Of My Films With A Clear Feeling About What Is Right And Wrong. They're Ambivalent. You Walk Away With Work To Do. My Films Are A Sort Of Investigation. They Ask Questions . . .. Sometimes I Hear That Some [hollywood] Studio Is Interested In Me. Then They Discover That This Is The Guy Who Works With No Script, That There Is No Casting Discussion, No Interference, That I Have The Final Cut, And That Does It.

Some Deeply Untrusting Actors - The Kind That Need To Know Exactly What's What And Are Completely Insecure - Might Be Quite Good Within The Parameters Of A Certain Sort Of Acting.

I Can't Negotiate And Collaborate With A Character To Create A Distilled Dramatic Investigation Of The Raw Material. I Need To Work With An Actor. That Stuff About Actors Who Stay In Character All The Time Is Nonsense.

I Take No Notice Of The Trends. It Has Never Concerned Me At All. My Job Is To Deal With What I Want To Deal With And Reach An Audience By Doing So.

The Main Problem Is That The Hollywood System Has Already Made The Film Before The Director Shoots A Single Frame.