Q: Is it very important that you have high moral standards in a
film, or...

TLJ: Is it important that you have high moral standards? Well, I think that it's...

Q: ...that you show it in film?

TLJ: Well, I think anyone's creative life generates it's own
moral standards. Yeah, I think it's important to have, to be a
moral thinker. It's important to have moral standards. It's very
important that you not allow anyone to impose them on you. Have your own, and, at least that's my opinion, I think I'm perfectly capable of defining my own moral standards and living by them.
And I know very well in this day and age and certainly in this
country I don't have to have anybody tell me what the right moral standards are. It's not up to you to tell me what's moral. It's certainly not up to me to tell you what's moral. It's America, baby.

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