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.
I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.
I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.
I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.