There's always something that draws you away from the original script.

I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don't teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physical work.

I love the process of making films and an incidental satisfaction is the fact that most of them made money.

There was a fairly big difference between Detroit and Beverly Hills. I remember this. Detroit actually was a prosperous bustling city when we moved here in 1941. But the first day in Detroit, you always wore a shirt and a tie to school. And I wore a shirt and a tie to Beverly Hills High School, and a girl came up to me and said, "Where are you from?" And I said, "Detroit." And she said, "And you won't be wearing a tie tomorrow, will you?" And I said, "You're absolutely correct." So that was my first adjustment to a slightly more casual environment.

There's always something that draws you away from the original script.

In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.

People gravitate occasionally to the brilliantly made art low budget films, which is maybe one out of every five hundred low budget films made.