You have to go with your instincts. I remember when I was about to make "Fistful of Dollars" a big article came out that said, "Italian Westerns are ….

There's always a level where you think you can improve and do better. Certainly at the beginning... I did four years of straight theater without ever….

Film is like a colony and there are very few colonists..

I sit every once in a while and I think about plays and films I can do with William Petersen into our eighties. He's the most incredible scene partne….

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'.

I think one thing for sure that you learn the more films that you make is how important it is to choose your collaborators..

I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films..

As an actor, I don't feel like it's necessary to watch a great deal of films. In fact, I think it can lead to imitation and unhealthy competition, wh….

It's really interesting making films and actually seeing the life that they have in the subsequent years and seeing which ones stand up over time and….

There are all kinds of values within the films but I don't make message films..

By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films..

I would rather not watch myself in movies. I enjoy the experience, but I won't really see the film until they're on cable deep on into my life so I c….

Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar….

Creating music, visual art, producing music and film are always at the forefront of my life..

I have always been so interested in film as a medium..

I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor..

When you're working in the [film] industry and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick up on things. Seei….

I feel like I have to top myself every film I do, and it gets hard..

I don't want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That's why I cherish all my b….

You should love literature. You should live in the library. Forget about films..

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days..