You have to think about one shot. One shot is what it's all about. A deer's gotta be taken with one shot.

I have either a cucumber martini, gin martini, or a vodka martini. That's it. Simple.

The bottom line is if the movie does well, everybody is happy and they forget about what they went through. And if it doesn't, it's 'I told you.' There's one director who I won't mention, who said, 'it's all blood under the bridge.'

I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation.

My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.

You talking to me? You talking to me? Then who the hell else are you talking to - you talking to me? Well, I'm the only one here.