It's interesting to help someone find their vocabulary. There would not have been a De Niro without a Scorsese.

You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office.

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.

When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way.

I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.