My Father Made Sure That I Had

Sydney In General Is Eclectic. You Can Be On That Brilliant Blue Ocean Walk In The Morning And Then Within 20 Minutes You Can Be In A Completely Vast Suburban Sprawl Or An Italian Or Asian Suburb, And It's That Mix Of People, It's That Melting Pot Of People That Give It Its Vital Personality.

In 1977, Hip-hop Literally Wasn't Outside The Boroughs. But I Was Profoundly Aware Of The City Through Films Like Saturday Night Fever, The French Connection, And Network. I Had A Friend Who Visited New York, And I Asked Him What It Was Like. He Said, "oh, It's Great. Just Wear A Coat And Don't Look Anyone In The Eye."

One Of My Great All-time Loves In Cinema, And I've Seen It Three Times, Is Bondarchuk's 'war And Peace.' Not A Lot Of People May Have Seen That Film. It Was Made During The Soviet Era.

I Think Dance In Any Culture, In Any Form, Is A True Leveler.

I Mean, '8 ½' To Me Is Such A Great Dissertation On The Whole, You Know, Act Of Filmmaking And Creativity.