The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

Give Bush 10 minutes before you hammer him. I think he's going to surprise people. He sounds simple and uncomplicated, but maybe that's what we need now. He's not as stupid as everyone thinks. I like the guy.

Look, just go sit at the card table with the rest of the kids and let the adults run the country.

My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.

I was able to lean on people for favors and things to help out because their budget was so low. It was half of what John Travolta's perk package is on a film. Our whole budget was half of what his staff makes on a film.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

...simple logic tells you that if somebody wants you dead you have one course of action: To get them deader sooner.