I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

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

Once I start to do a film, it has inferences. If a guy walks down a street and kicks a dog, you're saying something about that guy. A guy walks down the street and somebody's about to be run over and he shoves him out of his way and gets hit by the car himself, you're saying that guy's a hero. You can't avoid making certain statements.

You are not an active creator of the film.

I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.

And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.