I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an open wound.

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they have to go, and it's been that way since the first skyscraper.