My father was a tomato farmer. There is the phrase that says he or she worked their fingers to the bone, well, that's my dad. And he was a very good man.

As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.

In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.

I think the way I want to think. I live the way I want to live.

I don't very often read novels.

But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots.

I did not go into the film business to be symbolized as someone else's vision of me.