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

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

I grew up in the '60s, which was a creative time, so it wasn't that big of a stretch to go from a baseball bat to a guitar to a film camera.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

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

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.

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.