Normally, if I'm being acknowledged it is for something in front of the camera. This puts the spotlight on the fact that there are opportunities othe….

I was a trader for a company. That's different from the brokers who we sort of disdain as sort of just errand boys..

Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character..

I don't consider myself a sociologist, I consider myself a filmmaker, among other things. Maybe an asshole but a filmmaker..

No film is made without the people behind the lens. Of course, most people, even I, tend to look at films in the most simplistic way, and say, "Wow, ….

Hollywood desires money but they could not stand the political content..

I really like to talk to people and to get their take on things..

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me..

I'm not a cinematic cinematic person. I go to the movies like I did back when I was a kid. I go to the movies and I sit down. If the music works, hmm….

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done..

I can't read or write music. When I want to remember something, I try to remember all the keys on the piano. Which is what I still do. I put the numb….

Directors love to do music, they've been doing that all along..

Music is for theater like theater is for scripts. It's total: it's cyclical..

I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to enjoy it all by myself..

Personally, I do movies the way I cook. I put in what I like, in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest of the week..