Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I have always credited the writer of the original material above the title: Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Bram Stoker's Dracula, or John Grisham's The Rainmaker. I felt that I didn't have the right to Francis Coppola's anything unless I had written the story and the screenplay.