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

Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form the memorable moments in movies and plays.

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

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

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.

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.