My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

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

George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again.

I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

A number of images put together a certain way become something quite above and beyond what any of them are individually.

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.