Gary is a old factory town right outside CHICAGO. From my standpoint, my FAMILY migrated there in the '50s and '60s from Mississippi - Sardis, Mississippi - shout out to Sardis, Mississippi. My family migrated there just like a lot of BLACK families in that area: they migrated there to get jobs, to get those factory jobs, that steel mill JOB.
Read MoreI've kind of become obsessed with the pedal STEEL. It's a BEAUTIFUL SOUND, and the mechanics of it are so INTERESTING.
Read MoreWhen I made 'Real Steel,' the DIRECTOR actually had the robots in the monitor, so he KNEW where everything was. So TECHNICALLY, there's been advancements. But at the end of the day, MOVIES are about story and characters, so all the other stuff is great, but unless you have those two elements, then you've GOT nothing.
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