That wasn't an ending. It was just a stopping point.

Why should I keep doing things that I've done before?

That wasn't an ending. It was just a stopping point.

I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.

I was a heavy drinker, but the alcohol affected my heart rather than my liver. So I stopped. I smoke grass now. I say that to everybody, because marijuana should be legalized. It's ridiculous that it isn't. If at the end of the day I feel like smoking a joint I do it. It changes the perception of what I've been through all day.

All of my films deal with the same thing: striving, socially and culturally, to stay alive.

I make no apologies for Popeye. Behind M*A*S*H, it's my biggest hit. It got maligned by the critics because it wasn't Superman. It wasn't about special effects and it wasn't made for 14-year-old boys. The majority of films are made for 14-year-old boys; I don't know where they get the eight bucks to get in. It's hush money from the parents.