I seem to have been able to make a career out of doing what I feel like doing, so why not keep doing it? What's corrupting is wanting to be more important. You want to be more arty - you get your identity from that. Or you get your identity out of making more money.
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Nationality: New Zealander Type: Director Born: April 30, 1954 |
I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
When I got finished, Gershwin paid me the ultimate compliment. He said, 'Boy, even I couldn't do that.'