Do you really have more freedom working on a limited budget, or is that a cliche?
You don t have as many people second-guessing you. And you have a moral stand you can take. If I made Waking the Dead for $70 million starring Tom Cruise, morally I couldn t look the studio in the eye and say, “Let s go with ambiguity. Let s leave it up to the audience to decide.” I d be spending their money and they d have every right to make sure they got a film that appealed to as many people as possible. By making the film for $8 million, you can make your stand and still have a shot at finding an audience. I ve been lucky in that the studios I ve worked with have been attuned to that philosophy. They like those kinds of movies. The tradeoff is freedom for cash. I like the freedom. You live in L.A. now, right? Yeah. I d love to move back here. I grew up right near Yankee Stadium. That area became fairly rough. You know, “the South Bronx.” But when I was a kid it was a working-class area. As it got rougher, my family moved into Manhattan. My parents still live on the Upper West Side
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