Wine is so much more than a beverage. It's a romance, a story, a drama-all of those things that are basically putting on a show.

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.

One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

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.