The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

My mother was okay with me not playing it safe. She made an agreement with my father that I was going to be raised differently than my brother and sister were. My parents went through the whole sixties rebellion with my brother and sister. But I didn't feel like I had to rebel because I didn't have anyone telling me I couldn't do something. I never went into that parents-as-enemies stage.

Learning is about much more than science and math. Doing theater, music, and art in school really helps children's minds grow because they're using different parts of their brains. Parents who care should insist on that.

Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia.

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.