It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.

I long for the days when grosses were not even known. There was no weekend competition.

It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.

It's kind of interesting to be a director who is all of a sudden being an actor playing an agent. This is my whole world!

No one turns down a film with Woody; it's something everyone wants in their career as an important moment. He's such a comedic genius, without question, so I was thrilled.

Yes, there are directors I admire, the mavericks. Altman. There are many good directors.

There's evidence of a social decline in direct proportion to technology and the industrialization of the motion picture industry.