Movie studios, Hollywood studios, by and large are not making the kind of movies that I go to see.

There are movies I've made that I think no celebrations are in order.

Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.

My father's book is about is about a number of things, but about Houdini's rage to not be a failure like his father, and it's also about converting X-rated material, namely bondage, into family friendly safe fare, which is what he did. It's also about death and resurrection, and rising to live again another day when everyone thinks you're dead.

There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.

We were extremely prescient in that we predicted the Soviet coup before it happened. That was kind of amazing.