Filmmaking Is A Chance To Live Many

Your Own Ego Is The Only Trap That I Think You Can Fall Into.

Jazz Has Endured Because It Doesn't Have A Beginning Or An Ending. It's A Moment.

All Of My Films Deal With The Same Thing: Striving, Socially And Culturally, To Stay Alive.

I Was Scared That No One Would Hire Me. At That Time, There Was Still A Stigma Attached To It. A Big Stigma. Actually, I Think I Was Healthier After The Operation Than Some People Who Have Bypass Surgery Because I Was Completely Cured. But When You Mentioned "heart Transplant," You Got A Very Negative Reaction. It Triggered People's Imaginations, And Not In A Good Way.

Happy Endings Are Absolutely Ludicrous, They're Not True At All. We See The Guy Carry The Girl Across The Threshold And Everybody Lives Happily Ever After -- That's Bullshit. Three Weeks Later He's Beating Her Up And She's Suing For Divorce And He's Got Cancer.