All Of My Films Deal With The

I Was Scared That No One Would Hire Me. At That Time, There Was Still A Stigma Attached To It. A Big Stigma. Actually, I Think I Was Healthier After The Operation Than Some People Who Have Bypass Surgery Because I Was Completely Cured. But When You Mentioned "heart Transplant," You Got A Very Negative Reaction. It Triggered People's Imaginations, And Not In A Good Way.

Filmmaking Is A Chance To Live Many Lifetimes.

I Love Fishing. You Put That Line In The Water And You Don't Know What's On The Other End. Your Imagination Is Under There.

If Something Works For You, You Continue To Do It. I Did A Bunch Of Pictures For 20th Century Fox When Alan Ladd Was Over There, But I Set The Budgets So Low That They'd Approve And I'd Deliver The Film. They Would Have No Say In It, Which Is The Kind Of Arrangement I Liked.

Maybe There's A Chance To Get Back To Grown-up Films. Anything That Uses Humor And Dramatic Values To Deal With Human Emotions And Gets Down To What People Are To People.