It's easier to direct. If you direct something poorly and re-shoot it the next day, stage it better, make it work better, you have a lot of possibilities. You can edit it in certain ways so that it works, but there's no getting around weaknesses of the script.

The prison psychiatrist asked me if I thought sex was dirty. I told him only when it's done right.

Sometimes the critics will like a film, and the public doesn't come. Sometimes the critics won't like the film, and the public will come. It's completely spontaneous. It's a hazard.

He was so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian.

If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

All i have in my life is my imagination

I consider myself a completely lucky filmmaker. I've had nothing but good luck. Everything I've needed has come my way.