I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.

Spielberg gave us three takes before saying anything to us. Since then, I do that, three takes, to let the actors find their rhythm.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.

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.

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.