It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with.
Religions fulfill deep-seated psychological needs for people, and if you don't get it from a specific religious doctrine, you'll get it from the kind of films I like to make. A film like The Terminator is consciously meant to give a sense of empowerment to the individual.
You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.
Every time you dive, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a gift, sometimes it doesn't.