I remember growing up with television, from the time it was just a test pattern, with maybe a little bit of programming once in a while.

I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.

Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.

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.

Roger Corman exploited all of the young people who worked for him, but he really gave you responsibility and opportunity. So it was kind of a fair deal.

There can't be art without risk. It's like saying No Sex, and then expecting there to be children.