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.

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.

Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.