I wanted to be an actor. I decided when I was very young, when I first saw movies, that I wanted to be an actor.

You know, this is such a rich time that we've just been involved in, and there's really a job now for historians. Film is still very young. This is the first hundred years of filmmaking. So I think it's important that we have some sense of history and continuity. Especially in film.

For most of my life, I wasn't on the Left.

I should have been dead ten times over. I've thought about that a lot. I believe in miracles. It's an absolute miracle that I'm still around.

Banks wont even loan each other money, everybody's going broke, and here we are inside here, these people are going to be out on the street selling apples and pencils and they're still going to be buying paintings for this money, so I don't know what's going on in this world.

My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.

You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photographs start. I mean, we have no history out here.