The Essence Of Cinema Is Editing.

The Professional World Was Much More Unpleasant Than I Thought. I Was Always Wishing I Could Get Back That Enthusiasm I Had When I Was Doing Shows At College.

When I Was 13, I Worked For Western Union. When The Telegrams Came In, I Would Glue Them On The Paper And Deliver Them On My Bicycle.

Of All The Human Evils, Of Which We Have Thousands Of Years Of Record And Our Own Contemporary Experiences, The Most Horrible Evil Of All Is Hypocrisy. It's This Idea That There Are Those Who Do Bad And There Are Those Who Do Good, When, In Fact, Even The People Who Supposedly Do Good Are Saying They Do Good To Mask The Fact That They Do Evil.

I Was Interested In The Idea Of Succession - Showing A Father And A Son Both In Their Own Time And Drawing A Contrast

We Were Raised In An Italian-american Household, Although We Didn't Speak Italian In The House. We Were Very Proud Of Being Italian, And Had Italian Music, Ate Italian Food.