Moviemaking is a hard job and this industry is crazy. You never know what is going to happen.

If I could finance my own movies, I would be doing it.

Moviemaking is a hard job and this industry is crazy. You never know what is going to happen.

Wherever I make a movie, no matter what size it is, it's always about a straightforward communication with the producer.

Hollywood industry people are very spoiled. I don't think they can adjust to the insane, no-money, super-hard working tradition of Japanese filmmaking. I don't think any American can go through that. They don't want to work more than twelve hours and they want Saturday and Sunday off.

Producers say things that they would like to see in the movie but they don't see the full picture. In the end if you ignore everything the producers say, of course, you get fired; but then if you listen to a producer on everything then it's like 'Hey - why don't you direct your own movie?'

Ultimately I'm making movies because of the producers and I don't want to disappoint my producer. It's always a tough balance to figure out how far I listen to them though.