Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs.
My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.
My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).
[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.
with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?