As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.

The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me.

My grandfather lived to be 96 years old. He was born in a town outside of Salerno in Southern Italy. He came to New York when he was 20. He lived in the States from age 20 to 96, but he brought his culture with him, he brought his food with him, he brought his language with him, he never spoke a word of English.

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

My job is going to be to direct the film - I'm going to do it. And that's where my job ends.

With 'New Rose Hotel,' I knew that I was getting paid a $100,000 fee to write, produce, and direct, and that's all I was going to get.