Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.

I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.

My films went to numerous film festivals. I was stunned at how shallow the films were and how much alike. And how politically correct. Not only did you have to be young, but also too a member of some minority. Teenage angst, gay, lesbian, any film about a woman as a victim.

When you're a guest star on a movie or a TV show, I always say it's like being invited to a family reunion, but it's not your family. So you don't belong - they're being nice to you, but you don't fit in completely; you don't know everybody's story. You don't have a history.

Hollywood today is all about being consistent. All thinking in mainstream film business takes place in one box.

I am not simply an actor, but also have written books and now directed/written a film, I have some people that are interested in that aspect of my experience.