I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me.

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.

I felt that the Star Wars series became very pretentious as time went on. Just heavy and leaden.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.

I'm the barbarian of Hollywood.

Films are always pretentious. There's nothing more pretentious than a filmmaker.