When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I wonder what songs he's teaching the angels right now? Good luck God! You've got your hands full this time.

I'm more prone to anarchy than I am to control - even though I'm a film director.

I think it's worse for actors, though, because people have to choose you. As a director, I get to choose the actors, but most of the time, actors have to be chosen in order to work.

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days.

Invariably, what I'm trying to do is more ambitious than the budget, but we manage to do it somehow.

Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.

Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.