I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.
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Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents.
I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Jihadism have nothing to do with each other.
As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.
One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.
The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.
It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.
My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale it was actually a traumatic experience.
For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.
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