So yes, I hope to act in other people's movies, big and small, because that's how I make my living, really.

A dream that you don't fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life.

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.

Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it.

I'd read Up in the Old Hotel, and I wanted to do something with Mitchell's stuff for a long time.

As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.

I never go overbudget on my movies.