Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.

The creation of the island, or the impression of the island, as it changes in the mind of the character also came in to play... there was another very important collaborator, Rob Legato, on special visual effects. And then ultimately there's Thelma Schoonmaker, who keeps me focused during the editing of the picture.

It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.

I'm in a different chapter of my life. As time goes by and I grow older, I find that I need to just be quiet and think. There have been periods when I've locked myself away for days, but now it's different - I'm married and we have a daughter who is in my office the whole time.