I wouldn't presume to be God's point of view.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort of thing.

Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.

Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through.