Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.

As a filmmaker, "no" is not in my vocabulary. I've got to figure out a way.

The score is always the wonderful icing. The score tells you the emotional content of the film. What the characters don't say, the music can say.

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

I'm not in front of the camera, they are. I encourage them; I build up as much of their confidence and ego as possible. They've got to take control; I can't act it out.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.