The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it.

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

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue.

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

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.

People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.