I could never make an unrealistic type of picture; I cannot work that way, but I admire people who can. I think Frank Capra is wonderful, and I think many of the early Lubitsch films were great. I even admire Dick Powell and his detective stories; he’s wonderfully talented in those areas and it’s a good thing he can make that kind of picture so that we can have a little variety. It would be awfully somber if people made only realistic films. However, that’s the best way I can work and if there’s no market for it then I’ll pack up as it’s the only kind of film I am interested in. I’d rather work in a sewer than make a film I don’t love. If I directed a picture like Return of the Jedi or even worked on one, I would faint – I’d faint and never get up again I’d be so ashamed. If I did The Towering Inferno it’d be all black leader. Nothing. I’d get sick. I’d take the insurance money. I couldn’t do it. I’m not interested in starting fires. I like to feel pain through what really causes pain. I don’t want to frighten people by showing them tragedy. I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter, I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But I have seen people destroy themselves in the smallest way. I’ve seen people withdraw. I’ve seen people hide behind political ideas, behind dope, behind the sexual revolution, behind fascism, behind hypocrisy, and I’ve myself done all these things. In our films what we are saying is so gentle. It’s gentleness. We have problems, terrible problems, but our problems are human problems. I like to deal with subjects of divorce, subjects of children being battered. I don’t know – you can say, ‘Please, there is no problem at all, I’m American and I know there’s no problem here, nothing’s ever touched me!’