There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.

It's pretty hard to get mugged in Manhattan.

At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.

The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.

Accept certain inalienable truths.

Everything I make starts very personally.

In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure creativity has welled up. Generally because of the cross-fertilization... a Scott Joplin tune becomes jazz, becomes blues, and becomes rock 'n' roll.