I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.
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.
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
The world is constantly changing. You're constantly learning and you have to be willing to get off your mark, and get off your spot and take that knowledge you have not to fix yourself into a place but to keep going.