I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way.

Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different.

There isn't any question that Hollywood is profit driven. Anybody that thinks it isn't is a fool. It's a business. Hollywood was never philanthropy. The only purpose it had was making money; the only purpose it still has is to make money.

One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.

I have one life. I am a certain age. I'm married to one person. I have a certain number of children. I won't have another life other than that, but I do have many lives through the films.

Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.