I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.

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.

I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days.

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.

When I was growing up in the mid-'50s, the Roaring Twenties were a huge part of the culture. There were a number of films and a bunch of television shows that dealt with the mythology of the underworld from that period.

If I'm not complaining, I'm not having a good time, hah hah!

As a child I had terrible asthma.