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Films Are Always Pretentious. There's Nothing More Pretentious Than A Filmmaker.

I'm The Barbarian Of Hollywood.

I Hardly Said A Word To My Wife Until I Said 'yes' To Divorce.

I Also Thought Of Myself As The Sonny Barger Of The Film Industry.

There Is A Certain Kind Of Respect For Authenticity Today That There Wasn't Back In The Days When They Did 'cleopatra,' Where Everything Looked Like A Giant Motel. People Want To Have It Be Authentic In The Look, And Authentic In The Way People Behave.