The sun would come up over the ocean, and we'd be eating scrambled eggs before we shot some stuff. It was a vacation in the sense that it was the best working conditions.

I keep every script from every film that I ever made because it's like a workbook of that time in my life.

I like working in any medium. Who's making it? How much do I like the story? Does it contribute something?

I'm most interested in working and learning from different people and telling good stories.

Parents are your teachers until a certain point, and if they don't give you love, you'll go somewhere else to find it.

I got to work with Gene Hackman for six weeks, side by side, 12 hours a day.

I'm doing my work in an environment that's ultimately about dollars and cents.