“Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic.”
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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.
I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.
When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, that's what Hollywood's like. It's a little block, little town. It doesn't really grow or change.