You Don't Make Pictures For Oscars.

Rock & Roll Seemed To Just Come To Us, On The Radio And In The Record Stores. It Became Our Music. . . But Then We Uncovered Another, Deeper Level, The History Behind Rock And R&b, The Music Behind Our Music. All Roads Led To The Source, Which Was The Blues.

As A Kid I Watched The Academy Awards On Television And Always Wanted One - Or Several - Like One Of My Favorite Directions, John Ford. He Won Six. On The Other Hand, Orson Welles, Who's On The Top Of My List, Didn't Win Any. Alfred Hitchcock Didn't Win Any. Howard Hawks Didn't Win Any.

I Didn't Realize There Are Generations Who Do Not Know About The Origins Of Film.

I Can't Really Envision A Time When I'm Not Shooting Something.

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?