I always tell the younger filmmakers and students: Do it like the painters used to...Study they old masters. Enrich your palette. Expand the canvas. There's always so much more to learn.

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.

I tried for about two semesters in a preparatory seminary. But I was about 15 and didn't fully understand what a vocation means.

Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.

The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?