I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.

I suppose a good director is like a teacher. I think that someone like David Cronenberg was very much like a teacher, because there's an openness, but a certain set of rules of behavior, and a certain conduct expected. But there's an atmosphere that's relaxed and conducive to exploration, and that is created by someone like Cronenberg.

What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.

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