A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father.

Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.

There are movies that change the whole way in which films are made, like Klute, where Gordon Willis’s photography on the film is so textured, and, they said, too dark.

I grew up within Italian-American neighborhoods, everybody was coming into the house all the time, kids running around, that sort of stuff, so when I finally got into my own area, so to speak, to make films, I still carried on.

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.

You can be born-again and believe in Jesus, believe in Jesus' ideas and try to live them out, without becoming totally intolerant of other people.