i thought, could werner herzog ever make fitzcarraldo ii?ood, a ‘star vehicle movie'? built around one of the world's biggest hollywood stars? they can't do what i did. let's caution. i do live in los angeles, i don't say hollywood. in 20 years, i'm happily married in los angeles. actually, in california, my wife and i lived in san francisco. we thought, we have to go to the place, the city with the most substance in the united states. it was very, very clear, los angeles, very quickly, it was clear. it is the most honest place. it has the glitz and glamour of hollywood at the surface, but look under it, in southern california, many things that decide the world, the trends of the world, i don't speak of trendy things, but serious things, like collective dreams of the world in cinema, video games, computer, internet, free speech movements, accepting gays and lesbians as an integral part of a dignified society. so you see california as a very vibrant, contemporary place... exactly, yes. but all of the stupidity is there as well. ah well, let's