Every Single Art Form Is Involved In

We Talked About Tootsie, The Idea In Tootsie Is That A Man Becomes A Better Man For Having Been A Woman.

I Make Films, And I Hope That People Come To See Them. If They Don't, I Pay A Big Price. But I Can't Make Decisions Where I Would Change My Own Standards Or My Own Taste In Order To Court The Public In Some Way.

Making A Film Is A Way For Me To Understand What It's Like To Be A Murderer, To Confess, To Be A Beaten Wife, To Be A Minority, To Be A Victor, To Get The Girl, To Lose The Girl. I Can Do All Of That Through The Practice Of An Art Form.

Editing Feels Almost Like Sculpting Or A Form Of Continuing The Writing Process.

Making Films Is Much More Difficult Than People Imagine, And So The Experience Of Actually Directing Them Is Not One I've Ever Relished.