You're In The Lap Of The Gods.

Thank God I Don't Live In Los Angeles. I Think If You're There The Whole Time It Just Gets Out Of Proportion And You Lose Touch Completely With Reality.

The Perceived Wisdom Is That People Do Not Go In Large Numbers To Black-and-white Movies Anymore - Which Is A Great Shame, But I'd Love To Make A Black-and-white Movie One Day.

All I Know Is That I Operate By Going Out To Each Of Them And Trying To Learn The Territory In Which They Operate. My Language To Each Of Them Has To Suit Their Brain.

There Have Been Screenwriters Who I'm Sure Would Gladly Kill Me, Because I've Been Very Fast And Loose With Their Work, Because I Felt Like It Wasn't Up To My High Standards. I Would Push And Pull It On Set, And Make Changes All The Time. But Then When You're Working With An Original Screenplay, My Theater Instincts Kick In, And I Suddenly Become Very Keeper-of-the-words.

The Joy Of A Road Movie Is Its Very Simple Narrative Nature, Which Is That You Know You're Going To Go Through Different Places And You're Going To Meet New People. At The Same Time, You Have To Not Make It Feel Too Obvious And Too Crudely Episodic.