Being a former theater student, of course, there is a part of me that is fascinated with stage crafts and what you can do with illusions and working within the confines of the studio.

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

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.

My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.

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.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

The essence of cinema is editing.