Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.
You are not an active creator of the film.
If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.
I'm not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don't know how to evaluate that.
We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.
I make films, and I hope that people come to see them. If they don't, I pay a big price. But I can't make decisions where I would change my own standards or my own taste in order to court the public in some way.