I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

It's always the story that interests me.

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man.

Once you find the right idea, then go ahead and embellish it.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.