"A director who really wants to do something with a film, who has a need to express it, and fulfill his wish in that way, is going to make a more interesting film than most directors, who's wish is to make a lot of money and get a lot of tickets sold at the box office. Is he self indulgent? Bergman is self indulgent, Fellini is the most self indulgent of directors. Every great director is self indulgent. I mean, who else are you gonna indulge? If you indulge the audience then you're not a director at all. You're just a caterer."
- Roger Ebert
(in the The Outsider)
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