Someone Should Keep Reminding Mr. Average Man

There Are A Lot Of People Who Believe That The Individual Can't Make It Himself. And That's Why People Want To Join Up In Various Herds - Herd Formation. So You Become Part Of A Herd, A Group. Group Power Of Some Kind. There's An Awful Lot Of Group Power People In Our Country [the Usa] - Black Power, Chinese Power, Indian Power, Woman Power. Everyone Is Putting In Together.

I Think Of The Medium As A People-to-people Medium, Not Cameraman-to-people, Not Direction-to-people, Not Writers-to-people, But People-to-peopleyou Can Only Involve An Audience With People. You Can't Involve Them With Gimmicks, With Sunsets, With Hand-held Cameras, Zoom Shots, Or Anything Else. They Couldn't Care Less About Those Things. But You Give Them Something To Worry About, Some Person They Can Worry About, And Care About, And You've Got Them, You've Got Them Involved.

Film Is Universal. All The Countries Of The World Are Making Films. Hollywood Is The Only Major Unsubsidized Center For Films. To My Knowledge All Others Are At Least Partially Subsidized. I'm Glad Hollywood Isn't.

Making Money, Getting Yourself Status In This World Is Not Everything At All. But It Has Become Everything In America. That You Really Have To Get Going And Keep Up With The Jones'. Get A House And A Car And Other Things. And Pretty Soon You're Stymied. Things Own You.

Everybody Who Works Under Any System Feels Confined. It Is A Natural Reaction. You Are Confined To A Certain Extent. You Are Confined If You Work In A Bank, If You Paint. You Are Confined, In A Sense, To Your Art - The Enclosure Of Your Mind. Everybody Should Break Out.