My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen to the radio at night, close our eyes and see movies far more beautiful than you can photograph.

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.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

I was raised as a Catholic, but I didn't like the Catholic Church at all. I thought the nuns were mean.

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

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

A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get anyone to distribute them, they can't get anyone to see them, so they go to these thousands of film festivals. So I still believe that even though a young kid might be able to make a masterpiece or something that changes the direction of cinema, the issue of how to get it to people is still not solved.