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.

If you don’t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don’t like cinema.

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.

The only way I was able to defend myself was to be able to take punishment. Then I got a lot of respect. They said, "Oh, he's okay, he can take it. Don't hit him." The guys were pretty big, and I had asthma.

If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

I'm trying to find out what the hell we - who we are.