We had access to too much equipment, too much money, and little by little we went insane.

Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful.

My film isn't about Vietnam. It is Vietnam. It's what it was really like. It was crazy. And the way we made it was very much like the way the Americans were in Vietnam. We were in the jungle, there were too many of us, we had access to too much money, too much equipment and little by little we went insane.

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I wanted to be a scientist or an inventor.

I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.