Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.

Some of us have great original ideas and some of us depend on adaptations.

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life', which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and they are completely unique... completely separate entities.

Boy, I'd hate to shoot on tape or disc or whatever the hell they're talking about. I love film.

I'd like to think that my films are personal enough to exist without hearkening back to their respective novels.

I'm still learning. It's all a learning curve. Every time you sit down, with any given episode of any given show, it is a learning curve. You're learning something new about how to tell a story. But then, I've felt that way about everything I've ever done - television, features or whatever. Directing or writing, it always feels like the first day of school to me.