It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a big admirer of Walter Willett's work. I think he's done some really important research. He and I agree on most things.
There are directors you never, ever want to get close to. Lubitsch was one. Outside of the work, I don't think I ever said five words to him. Mamet was pretty much the same thing. His mind is working all the time.
I've worked with a lot of great directors.
But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who's one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in 'Rio Bravo'.
I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky and among current filmmakers von Trier, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai.
The great directors managed to dissolve and disappear into the work. They make other people look good.
You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96.
It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything else. He made great movies.
All the directors that I've had the opportunity to work with are fantastic.
Frank Miller is more of a visionary than any director I've ever worked with, and he achieves that vision better than anyone I've ever worked with.