The stigma of the straight-to-DVD thing is over.
I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.
That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.
It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.
Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.
Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.