Not only is America a country where torture is now policy. It's now outsourced. It's given to companies at a cost-plus basis. It's a triple whammy of surreal, absolute madness.

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can. You can push it through, and you can hire the right people.

The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

If you wanna give me an award, I'll take it. Just don't make me go to the party afterwards.

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.

Don't buy into the corporate mythology that's been rammed down our throats for all these years.