My Favorite Review Described Me As The

There's A Certain Type Of Character That You Can't Help But Come In Contact With Growing Up And Living In Brooklyn And Long Island. A Certain Mixture Of Moxie, Heart, And A Wise Guy Sense Of Humor.

In The Beginning, It Wasn't Even A Question Of Deciding I'm Going To Do Independent Film And Not Commercial Films - I Wasn't Being Offered Any Commercial Films, And There Wasn't An Independent Scene.

I Think Distribution Has Become A Lot Harder. With The Whole Explosion Of Digital Video, There's Just A Lot More People Making Films. Distributors Have A Lot More Choice. I Do Think There's An Audience Out There For Small Films. It's Obvious To Me What The Studios Do: They've Co-opted Independent Film. They All Have Their Independent Arm. They Can Afford To Crush The Competition.

Nothing's Really Changed For Me Over The Years. I Like Telling Stories About People With Problems. I Can't Really Put It Much Simpler Than That. Relationships Are Interesting To Me. Not Just Between Men And Women But Fathers And Sons, Brothers And Sisters And Friends.

Bob Altman Had This Relaxed But Serious Attitude. Everybody Loved Him. I Wanted Him To Adopt Me.