They're intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can't do.

As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.

I'm emotionally invested in every movie that I do, period, because you've got to make that commitment. You're spending a year, 18 months of your life doing it. I'm invested in all those kinds of pieces. Most of the films I've had in my career have never tested well. I got lucky that sometimes I got supported by studios - or, at least if not supported, tolerated.

I would give the cameras to the kids in the swimming pools and they would play with them, and then I would collect them and we would upload it. If you're in the process, you're there.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

I think we are seeing a radical shift in the business in general. The studios are making much more of the real big extravaganzas and there are other kinds of films that are coming out. I think you are going to begin to see more diversification that we've seen in the past.