Whoever came up first with that saying a picture is worth a thousand words didn't understand the first thing about either one.

Butte was once a grand city. To me, that city is like one big stage for Edward Hopper. You could put your camera anywhere, and you felt you were looking at his paintings.

Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the best possible cut.

I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s.

Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

Filmmakers and critics wrote about each other and sometimes very harshly. This no longer exists.

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.