You know, the art films would usually be more, I mean the exploitation movies would usually be more lurid, but not that much more. I mean, actually back in those days that was what foreign films had. They had sex, they were selling Laura Antonelli.

ou know, if you want to see jackbooting Nazis in movies, you've got to watch American movies made at that time.

If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

To me "King Kong" is a metaphor for America's fear of the black male. And to me that's obvious. All right? So I mean that was one of the first things I said when I was talking to a friend of mine after he saw Peter Jackson's version of "King Kong."

You should be semi-embarrasse d about certain people seeing your movie.

I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home.