Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing.

I actually did use to sell shoes.

I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you.

They're innocent movies, and they're fun movies and there were no pretensions about 'em.

You know, that's the reality, but I always shoot movies for the screen, because that's just the experience that I want to get out of it.

It's hard for a hit to be bad for your career.

Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original.