If you piss your pants, you can only stay warm for so long.

Cows is one thing. But one man telling another man where he can go in this country is something else.

Never use money to measure wealth, son.

You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible.

When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything.

You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich.

The tango is a very interior dance. It's not an exterior - it's not flashy and all over the floor. It's a very interior dance when you see the old guys dance in the clubs. I learned everything from the old guys in the clubs.