My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.

I confessed to Mike [Cimino] a couple of days before we shot. I was like, "What am I doing here, Mike?" And Mike just looked at me, in that very directorial manor, took a long pause, and he said, "You know the game tag?" And I said, "Yeah." And he said, "Well, you're it." That was some of the best direction I think I've ever received.

I look back at my filmography, and I'm pretty jazzed with the stuff I've been part of. They're all movies I'd like to see.

I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.

My mom wasn't a movie star.

I have hesitation making any kind of decision, really in my life. I'm really slow at it.

I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film.