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Can a film really change anything? I mean, what was the last time? Maybe the Italian neo-realists, where they became the voice and the heart and the soul of Italy, a nation that had been destroyed. I don't know.

I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.

Most people have stereo vision, so why belittle that very, very important element of our existence?

I'm going to be 60, and I'm almost used to myself.

When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.

The young people today are the 21st century.

The best I can do is to make a film every two years.

On every film you suffer, but on some you really suffer.

Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.

You make a deal. You figure out how much sin you can live with.

I mean, music totally comes from your soul.

I don't really see many people... don't really go anywhere either.

I would ask: Given the nature of free-market capitalism - where the rule is to rise to the top at all costs - is it possible to have a financial industry hero? And by the way, this is not a pop-culture trend we're talking about. There aren't many financial heroes in literature, theater or cinema.

You never know how much time you have left.

Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. You look up and wonder, how could anyone have climbed that high?

When everything is added up, the frequent blows weighted against the sporadic triumphs, this is I have to say not just a vocation, it's a great gift. But you also know this, for your work, for your passion, every day is a rededication. Painters, dancers, actors, writers, filmmakers. It's the same for all of you, all of us. Every step is a first step. Every brush stroke is a test. Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. So, let the learning continue.

There's a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you.

If you don’t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don’t like cinema.

Being independent... is being innovative out of inspiration as well as necessity.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

It’s often overlooked. It’s labor. That’s at the heart of #‎ collaboration .