If you keep your eye on the doughnut and do your work, that's all you can control. You can't control any of what's out there, outside yourself.

I'm responsible for what people see and what they hear.

Digital video is so beautiful. It's lightweight, modern, and it's only getting better. It's put film into the La Brea Tar Pits.

I've said many, many, many unkind things about Philadelphia, and I meant every one.

There's always fear of the unknown where there's mystery.

Negativity is the enemy of creativity. For instance if you're filled with depression, you can hardly even get out of bed, let alone feel like creating something. If you are filled with bitter, selfish anger, this occupies the mind and leaves little room for creative ideas.

Nowadays, people shoot digitally and it's all in color, but you press a button and it all goes to black and white. But it's not lit for black and white. So, it's a tricky thing. If you're going do black and white, you better remember to separate things with light, because color ain't gonna be there.