My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.

Before statehood was achieved, Syria and Egypt had their tanks and military equipment lined up to invade Tel Aviv and destroy it; but the Israelis scrambled together an air force, some of it from old Second World War Messerschmidts, and the invasion was halted.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

I think the greatest thing about DVD is the quality of sound and picture; the real estate to put more extras on; and, my favorite point is it stores quietly in very subtle places in your home .

I compose the frame literally with the camera. Unless it makes a story point.

There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.