That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying to illuminate modern life, trying to understand life.

I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

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.

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.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.

The most adventurous thing I've done is learn how to fly a helicopter in the Philippines. One night we landed on a beach and slept on it.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.