I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

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 grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

I'm in a house where if the washing machine shuts off, it sings a song. If iPad gets a message, it sings a song. I'm living in a real postmodern time - every single thing sings to you to tell you it's started, it's stopped, you've got a message, you didn't get a message.

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 don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.