“Everybody's a filmmaker today.”
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Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage.
Also, they don't understand - writing is language. The use of language. The language to create image, the language to create drama. It requires a skill of learning how to use language.
There is a certain kind of respect for authenticity today that there wasn't back in the days when they did 'Cleopatra, ' where everything looked like a giant motel. People want to have it be authentic in the look, and authentic in the way people behave.
I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies they're so beautiful to look at. It's such a shame we don't make them anymore. Although, I don't know how you could make tap dancing current and topical.
