"People have a hard time believing I'd ever want to do a small movie, but I would love to do something funny and quirky."
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I had a girlfriend who was twenty-one when I was seventeen. And she was all woman, let me tell you. And then, one Christmas vacation, I worked at Club Med and got seduced by all these older women. When I have a son, I'm going to have him get seduced by an older woman. It's a great way for a guy to learn. Very instructional.
A lot of directors don't want the pressure of a movie the size of Pearl Harbor. But I love it. I thrive on it.
Do you know what directors go through? It's just hell. Like, why do I work so hard - to think I'm only going to see this movie five times and then never see it again 'cause I'm so sick of it? What is it worth, honestly?
Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism.
Fast cars are my only vice.
For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers.
I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.
I am very good at handling a huge movie, with a million things going on. I'm very decisive, clear in what I want. I'm very cost-conscious, in terms of how to get the big bang on the screen. I'm very good at making things happen very fast.
I can be very reserved about things. My business side isn't shy. I can be like a general. But I've got a shy side. I'm also a lot deeper than people think, and a lot more sensitive. But I don't let people in too much.'
I don't see anything wrong with spending a lot of money to make big action movies to entertain people. Yet somehow, I come under special scrutiny. I mean, why don't people get upset if Dow spends $300 million to invent some new chemical? Audiences like popcorn movies. What's wrong with that?