The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.
I got picked for very unique and independent filmmaking experiences with auteurs. And I'm so lucky.
My roommate at Yale University introduced me to the auteur theory of filmmaking. I soon became a big fan of the works of John Ford, Kenji Mizoguchi, Ernst Lubitsch, and Stan Brakhage. I then decided to make my own films!
I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.
There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.
I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity.
Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived from anything related to art.
I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.
Art is such a personal experience, I really try to make my own thing.
As an artist, there's so many categories that you're put into, that there are so many things that I'm about that I've never explored as an artist on film. I don't see myself in so many characters in film.
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