A Lifetime Isn't Long Enough To Learn

The Actors That I Love To Work With, They're Hard On Me. They're Pushing Me.

It's Always A Problem When You're Working With People You Don't Really Know. Most Filmmaking Is About Shaking Hands And Just Starting. You Know, These Month - Or Two-month-long Endeavors That Millions Of Dollars Are Based On, And The People Doing Them Don't Even Know Each Other, Or Know Each Other Under Pressure, Or Know Each Other When Things Are Really... Which Filmmaking Is Completely Done Under In Many Circumstances. You're Under Constant Crisis, Making A Movie.

With 'new Rose Hotel,' I Knew That I Was Getting Paid A $100,000 Fee To Write, Produce, And Direct, And That's All I Was Going To Get.

I Don't Have A Problem With Werner Herzog.

I Grew Up In The '60s, Which Was A Creative Time, So It Wasn't That Big Of A Stretch To Go From A Baseball Bat To A Guitar To A Film Camera.