As I got more confident, I was able to let actors improvise, and do long takes. It's 10%, 5% you learn and experience. The rest you just have or you don't have.

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream?

My relationship with death remains the same - I'm strongly against it.

The Jewish culture - people that are Jewish have a certain cultural habit that they've formed and one of those habits is an appreciation of theater and music - these are cultural things one does associate with values that are promulgated by Jewish families. I think that's a good thing.

A general philosophy of the female characters in my films is they all want something to believe in, and not having anything.

It is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o'clock.

I was thrown out of NYU for cheating-with the deans wife