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The Oscar Is The Most Valuable, But Least Expensive, Item Of World-wide Public Relations Ever Invented By Any Industry.

Film Is One Of The Three Universal Languages, The Other Two: Mathematics And Music.

I Was The Enemy Of The Major Studio. I Believed In One Man - One Film. I Believed One Man Should Make The Film. And I Believed The Director Should Be That One Man. One Man Should Do It - I Didn't Give A Damn Who. I Just Couldn't Accept Art As A Committee. I Could Only Accept Art As An Extension Of An Individual.

Most Ideologies Of The World Are Not For The Individual. They're Against The Individual. Communism, Fascism. Any Kind Of An Ism - Almost - They're Against The Individual.

There's Music In My Films But You Seldom Hear It. Very Early I Got The Idea That The Important Things In Films Were People - The Actors. They Are The Intermediary Between The Director And The Audience. They Make Direct Contact. People To People Communication.