I think what happened there was just the budget would be too big to build these sets because nothing really exists here in New York of that period; you have to build it all.

I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.

I remember the Korean War very well. And I remember the soldiers who were POWs who supposedly were "brainwashed," quote, unquote, who gave in, so to speak. And when they came back, they were treated like pariahs and traitors.

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.

As you grow older, you change.

The most important thing is the script.