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

There's a difference between the world ending tomorrow and just drinking and drugging yourself to death.

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.

Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.

A script is not a piece of literature, it's a process.

I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point.