Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word.

If movies are set in New York, they really should be shot in New York.

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

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.

It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for mistakes which would create something more than satire and something less than truthful reality.

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.