I am one day going to be working openly in the motion picture industry. When that day comes, I swear to you that I will never sign a term contract with any major studio.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Don't forget, I've been fired by studios; I'm not the studio's guy. I'm a guy who can work with studios, but if you ask any studio, I stand up to these people.
I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.
And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part.
I don't like to deal with studios.
I guess in the independent market, I'd be getting offers, but in terms of big studio films, I still have to audition. I don't think my name is that well-known, I don't have much of a following to guarantee box office success yet.
In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.
I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.
It's a new business for me to be a filmmaker.
I don't see Hollywood as the big enemy, because this is where the money is, and not all of the companies are doing studio movies. I'm not tempted to sell out. If I'm going to become well known, I want it to be for something I'm proud of.
We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.