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I Think That People Like The Howard Sterns, The Bill O'reillys And To A Lesser Degree The Bin Ladens Of The World Are Making A Horrible Contribution.

Well, I Think That When You Direct A Movie Or Write It. And In The Case Of The Two Movies I Did, I Wrote And Directed, They Occupy A Special Place For You.

What Happens Is Things Come To You - Director, Script - And If You Respond To It, It's Because It's Tapping Into Some Part Of What's Inside You, And Different Roles Tap Into Different Parts.

Whatever One Considers Art To Be, There Is In Many People A Hunger To Express Themselves Creatively And To Feel Authentic In Doing That.

My Greatest Interest In It Was Certainly Not To Avoid Those Things That Were Going To Be Controversial About The Family But The Interest I Had In The Story Was Predominantly What He Was Pursuing And Not As Much What He Was Fleeing.