My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

I prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.

All I can do is try to do the best work I can. I need to work, I like to work... although I complain about it, but I do like it - and I just need to make the best film I can.

I'm trying to find out what the hell we - who we are.

We’re face to face with images all the time in a way that we never have been before... Young people need to understand that not all images are there to be consumed like fast food and then forgotten – we need to educate them to understand the difference between moving images that engage their humanity and their intelligence, and moving images that are just selling them something.

I accept all awards. I like them.