The battered idealist. It's just my favorite character ... To me, a hero is somebody who is able to accept the environment of the world, deal with the stuff that's thrown in their path ... and somehow keep their heart.

I wanted to follow the path of music and feel that power, and I couldn't turn back.

Time puts things in proper perspective.

I write with music. I write scenes in movies that hopefully can earn the use of some songs that are powerful to me.

I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember.

Take it from your own life, write what you believe in.

That's how I am as a director - if somebody does a really good take, I can't help it, I'm not even aware of it. Actors really, really need positive reinforcement.