If you’re looking for the origins of film culture in America, look no further than Amos Vogel.

I tried for about two semesters in a preparatory seminary. But I was about 15 and didn't fully understand what a vocation means.

If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

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

There are two kinds of power you have to fight. The first is the money, and that's just our system. The other is the people close around you, knowing when to accept their criticism, knowing when to say no.

And so you try your best. Sometimes you go in with one thing, with one desire and come out with something else. In the case of 'The Aviator' it was to create a Hollywood spectacle, but by about the second or third week of shooting you just want to literally survive it. Because don't forget, I also go through the editing process too, and when the film is released I have to talk about it. So, I take all of that very seriously.