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Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all.

My movies are not messed with by the studios.

Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they don't care about movies.

I hate studios. A studio is a black hole. I never use a studio to work. It's very artificial to go to a studio to get new ideas. You have to get new ideas from life, not from the studio. Then you go to the studio to realize the idea.

The studios have been taken over by marketing people and accountants.

It's good to have a governing body to oversee matters in making of films, but you can't blame films for what is happening in society.

I like where we're going with technology and global integration, but the fact that corporations and dollars rule everything in our lives, I don't like it. This isn't the Hollywood I wanted to be part of.

You work with the communities to make films. And you just don't go in and take over their territory.