'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

It was a weird moment in my life and a weird experience [doing a theater]. It made me think, "Gee, I don't know if I ever want to do this again." And I love theater. I love going. I love the experience of theater. But I am not sure it's for me.

There is no doubt that each of us is born an individual. Why is it then that so many of us die carbon copies?

I want to change the system from within the system. And that means focusing and specializing.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

Boys are easy. I mean, there are just a lot of bruises when they're young. With boys, you get a lot of accidental jabs in the eye and stepping on your feet, and those tantrums they cause when they don't want to leave the toy store.