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I Have A Philosophy, A Belief, Which I Can See In Many, Many Other Directors That Your Early Work Is Your Best Work, Because You Don't Know What You're Doing.

The Most Important Thing About Olympics, Of Course, Is The Games And Not The Opening Ceremony. It's Weird The Way It Gets Inverted Sometimes.

I Was Brought Up A Very Strict Catholic And I Don't Practice Anymore Or Anything.

I Haven't Got Anything Against Films That Are About The Minutia Of Relationships Or Customs, But I Love Extremes. I Love Taking A Bunch Of Characters And It Usually Is A Bunch Of Characters, And You Throw Something At Them That's Usually Extreme, Like A Bag Of Money, Or You Send Them Out To Explode A Nuclear Device On The Surface Of The Sun. And Those Extremes Are Wonderful For Drama.

Normally, I'm A Very Controlling Director. Directors Are Controlling. It's Part Of The Job, But There's Various Degrees Of It And The Constructs I Normally Work On Are Very Controlling Constructs.