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

An actor has to embody a role.

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.

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

I make films about working class people.

The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

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