A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

I feel a real connection to Brooklyn, certainly, because I spent 20 years of my life there, but I don't think of myself as a Brooklyn artist any more than I think of myself as a male artist.

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.