But a writer`s contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that`s what being a director is.
Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it`s possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of eg...
And it`s a question of how far we`re willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
