Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything's dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie!

I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.

Most of my characters are romantic rather than sexual. I think that's an essential difference in my pictures. I think they are more accurate in portraying young people as romantic - as wanting a relationship, an understanding with a member of the opposite sex more than just physical sex.

Why watch someone kissing when people really close their eyes when they kiss?

A man's tie should never be louder than his wife.

I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly.

People forget that when you’re 16, you’re probably more serious than you’ll ever be again. You think seriously about the big questions.