I Loved The Idea Of Seeing The

I Just - I Kind Of See It That Way. I Find The Higher Angles Down. I Do - Look, You Can Go Back To The Staircase Shots In "third Man" Or The Staircase In "la Dolce Vita." So I Just Find That Visual Construction In A Frame.

It’s Also True That I Might Have Never Made Taxi Driver [1976] Were It Not For The Success Of Alice [doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974]. The Question Of Commercialism Is A Source Of Worry. Must One Make A Choice, Must It Be A Matter Of Either Setting Your Sights On Winning An Academy Award And Becoming A Millionaire, Or Making Only The Movies You Want To Make And Starving To Death?

Sometimes When You're Heavy Into The Shooting Or Editing Of A Picture, You Get To The Point Where You Don't Know If You Could Ever Do It Again.

You've Got To Protect Whatever Creative Talent You Have Left.

Sometimes God Picks You Up And Tells You, "you've Been Messing Around Now. You're Going To Have To Stop This, Stop That, But I'll Give You Another Chance." And You Wonder Why You're Given Another Chance. It Must Be For Something; It Must Be To Celebrate Life.