I'm obsessed with New York. I just find it so remarkable. You really treasure this city when you go to different countries and you see that there is no mix. When you get back to the city, it's such an exciting place.

I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.

I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something.

I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.

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

Alcohol decimated the working class and so many people.

Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you're in your 60s and you're with the kid every day, you're dealing with the mind of a child, so it opens up that childishness in you again.