It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.

Stop your grinnin and drop your linen

We mystify the art of moviemaking, but it's not amystical science. You take a good screenplay, put a group togetherand you hammer it out.

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.

I didn't have a normal background - I was completely demented from a very early age!

You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on.

A good filmmaker is someone who can look at a piece and go, "This camera's really going to be a character. I want people to feel like they're being punched."