My period as a young teenager when you really listen to music so you can get understand a little bit more about what the music is was, say, 1965 to 1968. I was just lucky to be in those times.

You're constantly changing man. But the film's not changing. The film stays the same. That's the beautiful aspect of it.

If Gary Cooper and Henry Fonda had a baby, it would be Matthew Modine.

Either you care, or you don't. There's no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.

The feel of the experience is the important thing, not the ability to verbalize or analyze it.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

The best education in film is to make one