What makes a movie now is a package, a brand, a remake or some preexisting material.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

I love films like 'Deliverance' where you can watch it over and over again and decode all of its many different meanings.

The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.

The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.

I've rewritten other films and watched my writing be mutilated, but luckily, it's been mutilated anonymously.