So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?

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 lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

Aficionado my ass...I just love to smoke cigars

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

Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good.

Filmmaking, like sex, isn't a polite enterprise. It involves a lot of mess and the bottom line is, if somebody ain't screaming, you're not doing your job.