I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

I can't stand outside myself and be anybody else.

My dad used to draw these great cartoon figures. His dream was being a cartoonist, but he never achieved it, and it kind of broke my heart. I think part of my interest in art had to do with his yearning for something he could never have.

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.

I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell.