I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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I didn't come from a background of films. I didn't even really ever watch films. The fact is, my parents weren't into that stuff, and neither was I.
One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left.
I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.
I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
I made movies all the time when I was a kid.
I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.
Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.
I was able to make many different kinds of movies. They enriched me on many different levels.
You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.
I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one.
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