I'm not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don't know how to evaluate that.

I make films, and I hope that people come to see them. If they don't, I pay a big price. But I can't make decisions where I would change my own standards or my own taste in order to court the public in some way.

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.

You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.

I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.

What I really want to do is produce. There isn’t much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.

Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.