I Was Making Films When I Was

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

Ford Fairlane Was One Of Those Movies That Was So Much Fun To Make That It Was Bound Not To Be A Big Hit.

You Just Never Give Up, No Matter How Hard The Challenges Are, And Observe This World With A Healthy Dose Of Criticism And Don't Just Follow The Herd Like Somebody Else Might Do.

Several Times We Were Stranded In Strange Places Without Any Money And With Our Credit Cards Cancelled - Trapped In A Hotel That We Couldn't Check Out Of Because We Had No Money To Check Out.