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There's been almost a dozen films that have been made against me. There's actually more films made attacking me than films I've made.

You know, I find it very strange when movies that I made that were just excoriated - I mean that I was just vilified for - are now looked at as classics.

I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.

A lot of these types of films - the vigilante or revenge drama - were so popular in the '70s because there was a feeling in the culture of loss of control.

I've experienced a great deal of, you know, ostracism from the making of films.

Any time you do a movie, there are going to be war wounds that you end up getting.

When I have been exposed to so many films that are so bad, my soul gets crushed. I just feel intoxicated.

All movies assault the viewer in one way or another.

Yeah, a few of the films I made were so bad they didn't get released - they escaped.

I've been involved with violent movies, and then I've also said at a certain point, 'I can't take it anymore. Please cut it.' You know, you've got to respect the filmmaker, and it's a really tough issue.