I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.
It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters.
Your own ego is the only trap that I think you can fall into.
If something works for you, you continue to do it. I did a bunch of pictures for 20th Century Fox when Alan Ladd was over there, but I set the budgets so low that they'd approve and I'd deliver the film. They would have no say in it, which is the kind of arrangement I liked.
What is a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.
I insist that they do what they became actors to do. I want them to create something and not just hit marks and say words. So they all love that because they're playing. It's called playacting. Their contributions are not only welcomed, but are accepted and used.