Film Is, To Me, Just Unimportant. But

You Can Fail In Films Because You Don't Have The Talent, Or You Have Too Much Humility, Or You Lack Ferociousness. I'm A Gangster. If I Want Something, I'll Grab It.

My Films Are Expressive Of A Culture That Has Had The Possibility Of Attaining Material Fulfillment While At The Same Time Finding Itself Unable To Accomplish The Simple Business Of Conducting Human Lives. We Have Been Sold A Bill Of Goods As A Substitute For Life. What Is Needed Is Reassurance In Human Emotions; A Re-evaluation Of Our Emotional Capacities.

Art Films Aren't Necessarily Photography. It's Feeling. If We Can Capture A Feeling Of A People, Of A Way Of Life, Then We Made A Good Picture.

Films Today Show Only A Dream World And Have Lost Touch With The Way People Really Are... In This Country, People Die At 21. They Die Emotionally At 21, Maybe Younger... My Responsibility As An Artist Is To Help People Get Past 21... The Films Are A Roadmap Through Emotional And Intellectual Terrain That Provides A Solution On How To Save Pain.

During The Actual Filming, I’m Not Really Listening To Dialogue. I’m Watching To See If The Actors Are Communicating Something And Expressing Something. I’m Just Watching A Conversation. You’re Not Aware Of Exactly What People Are Saying. You Are Aware Of What They Are Intending And What Kind Of Feeling Is Going On In That Scene.