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.

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.

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

I think if you think of yourself as religious and if you're given a gift, some may not think it's that great a gift - some critics. But others might, you know. So you say, look - whether it's good, bad or indifferent, this is what I do.

Food tells you everything about the way people live and who they are.

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

I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.