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I Believe That Improvisation Is Really Just A Directorial Tool. It's A Writing Tool.

There's Been An Amazing Backlash For The Last Decade In America: Political Correctness. In Many Ways, I Think That, While We've Been Remarkably Violent In Our Media, There's Been A Real Schizophrenia. In Private, On The Internet, And On Public-affairs Shows Or Talk Radio, We're Way More Explicit Than We've Ever Been. But Traditional Hollywood Has Been Much More Frightened Than It Ever Was In The '70s About Presenting Things That Could Be Perceived As Politically Incorrect.

When You're Working With Movie Stars, Part Of The Deal Is That, If They Have Something To Say, You'd Better Listen. You Don't Have To Absolutely Listen And Not Talk, But There Is Another Creative Force At Work, And To Be Successful Working With Movie Stars, You Have To Bring That Force To Work For You. You Have To Find Something That's Comfortable For Them, And At The Same Time, That's In The Parameters Of What You're Trying To Do Yourself.

My Sense Is, I Think It's Okay For Directors To Do Movies That Speak To Other Work In Their Career.

I'm Not Sure I Agree With The Thesis, Because I Think That Even Though Something Grotesque Or Gross Has Been Part Of Film Since Way Back, What We Accept Or What We Can Get Away With On The Screen Is Broader Now.