I Feel Like A Member Of Any

There's A Whole System In Hollywood Where The Director Never Speaks To The Studio, But I Like To Engage Them In A Discussion. I Listen.

In This Country, Particularly, Actually In Times That Are Difficult, Or From Corners Of America Where You Least Expect It, Unbelievable Pure Creativity Has Welled Up. Generally Because Of The Cross-fertilization... A Scott Joplin Tune Becomes Jazz, Becomes Blues, And Becomes Rock 'n' Roll.

The Food In Sydney Is An Asian Pacific Cuisine. It's Eclectic But Above All It's Fresh, Inventive And Creative And That's What I Love About It.

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

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."