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

That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.

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.

I don't need to push myself. I don't need to sharpen my own knife and slit my throat. I'm trying to chill it and find an equilibrium and a balance to my work.

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

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