The point is not to give people a break. The point is to tell all the truth you can bear about them and not despise them, not to be a kumbaya kind of guy.

I would not presume to say that I know anything about The Truth, whatever that is.

Film schools are not rigorous enough. They let things get by and kids get out there and they think they are saying something and doing something.

Much to my chagrin, I think that cinema has gone the wrong way in America because in many ways, I pioneered the use of video which eventually became digital video. Everyone can do it it's Pop Art time: Everything is art, why should you take it so seriously, after all it's kind of like a clambake. I don't buy that.