Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

All of a sudden, there are great Japanese films, or great Italian films, or great Australian films. It's usually because there are a number of people that cross-pollinated each other.

I remember in The Conversation, they brought all these coats to me, and they said: Do you want him to look like a detective, Humphrey Bogart? Do you want him to look like a blah blah blah. I didn't know, and said the theme is 'privacy' and chose the plastic coat you could see through. So knowing the theme helps you make a decision when you're not sure which way to go.

But who said art has to cost money? And therefore, who says artists have to make money?

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.

I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I thought I would reinvent myself was just to make these very small, personal films that I've financed myself.