Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

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

If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it. But you look at the project and think, 'Gee, there are a lot of good directors who could do that.' I'd like to do something only I can do.

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.

I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

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. I didn't make that money necessarily from the film business, but I eventually made a lot of money and that's what I do. Of course, I consider myself unbelievably fortunate, and I'm pretty content with my life.