I am rich enough.

I don't tend to think in terms of a moral authority - be a good boy, do good things - more in terms of what feels right.

I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.

I feel like I'm a filmmaker; I don't feel I need to yell action and cut.

I guess maybe I'm idealistic.

I have a bit of a rebellious nature.

I just love the process of working with other actors.

I like the George Romero films, which were really great, social satire movies; really twisted.

I love these movies where it's just about the film. You don't have my face on the poster. It's all about the movie. I like that.

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

I remember the '80s being about the Cold War and Reagan and the homeless problem and AIDS. To me, it was kind of a dark, depressing time.

I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

I've seen the people who talk about their love lives in print invariably have doomed relationships with the person they're talking about.

Kitsch is more dangerous than it looks when taken to the extreme.

Most movies, once the action starts there's no more characters. You say a couple of dumb lines and then there's just explosions until the end.

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.

My point was that it's hard to make good films, but I'm not under any illusion that you do all the time.

New York's like a boxing match. In Hollywood, it's like a Fellini movie or something.