Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
“Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy.”
“Sometimes the producer has more say and the director takes what he is given. On other occasions, you don't see the producer very much and the director is the one who it is all about.”