That's sort of like what real life is like in Hollywood. You need stars to gain financing.

I don't think about those things, really. I work hard on everything I do. Everything is a struggle, everything is hard, everything is difficult.

The way I see things, the way I see life, I see it as a struggle. And there's a great deal of reward I have gained coming to that understanding - that existence is a struggle.

But then again, you know, the pimp in TAXI DRIVER has this reason, given the environment he was living in.

That's like asking a cobbler if he's made too many pairs of shoes.

Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll get the financing for it. The old story we had it, it fell out of place and this and that.

You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you.