I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is under there.

[The Player is] not a truthful indictment of Hollywood. It's much uglier than I portrayed it, but nobody would've been interested if I'd shown just how sadistic, cruel and self-orientated it is.

Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

What is a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.

I've had it-the agencies, the winking, the networks, the ratings. Anyone who thinks TV is an art medium is crazy-it's an advertising medium.

Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.

Chance is another name that we give to our mistakes. And all of the best things in my films are mistakes.