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.

If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.

I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money.

I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.

So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.

Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.