I Decided That, Somehow, I Had To

I Loved Cutting Together Simple Commercials About Margarine Or Soft Drinks - All Kinds Of Silly Products - But I Tried To Make The Commercials Different.

In Hollywood, You Tend To Get Pigeonholed To Certain Genres, And Then When You Try To Do Something Different, It's Not Always So Easy. Obviously, You Don't Want To Keep Repeating Yourself, All The Time. So, It's A Constant Struggle For Every Filmmaker And Actor To Find Something That You Can Really Feel Passionate About. It's A Profession Like Anything Else.

I Was Making Films When I Was About 12 Years Old - Super-8 Films.

This Was In '79. I Got Pretty Restless There, Sitting Around With A Lot Of People Sitting Around Smoking Cigarettes And Talking About Films, But Nobody Really Doing Anything.

I Think That Villains Who Are Just Brawn, Muscles And Weapons Are Boring. So I Always Try To Find Intelligence In My Villains And Also A Sense Of Humor Whenever That Is Possible.