I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that.

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

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

If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.

When Ray Charles is concentrating he's like a piece of granite, nothing twitches, nothing, ... He sat for 25 minutes solid like that, like a stone, and I thought, 'Oh my God, if he doesn't like it I'm dead.' ... And then finally, after 25 minutes he started to talk back to the screen. I heard him say 'That's right. That's the truth.' .

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.

I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.