With all due respect to the people who made the motorcycle movies during the '60s, I felt the sophistication level could be a bit higher, and I felt I could raise the bar on that, too.
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That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.
It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
I grew up in a small town where we played around on motorcycles and things, but it really started when I got old enough. I think I was obsessed with the culture of riding. I got sick of having to date guys who rode motorcycles for me to be on them.
For me, the '60s in the automotive industry was awesome. The cars are heavy, huge, rolling works of art.
'Easy Rider' was never a motorcycle movie to me. A lot of it was about politically what was going on in the country.
I was very influenced by the films of the '70s.
Also, I knew that the impact of Motorcycle Diaries was going to be so resonant for all of us who went through the experience of making it that I didn't want to do anything that could reflect it.
Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
A lot of fans know that I love motorcycles. That's a big love of mine. I could spend days on the bike if I had the time.
I definitely felt that I was put at a very high place to be able to be a part of such a wonderful franchise in cinema history, so I was definitely very driven at doing a great job and having my body look the way it should and just being a part of the creative process.
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