Sometimes When You're Heavy Into The Shooting

I Certainly Wasn't Able To Get It When I Was A Kid Growing Up On The Lower East Side; It Was Very Hard At That Time For Me To Balance What I Really Believed Was The Right Way To Live With The Violence I Saw All Around Me - I Saw Too Much Of It Among The People I Knew.

Any Film, Or To Me Any Creative Endeavour, No Matter Who You're Working With, Is, In Many Cases, A Wonderful Experience.

I Don't Think There Is Any Difference Between Fantasy And Reality In The Way These Should Be Approached In A Film. Of Course If You Live That Way You Are Clinically Insane.

Film In The 20th Century, It's The American Art Form, Like Jazz.

If It's A Modern-day Story Dealing With Certain Ethnic Groups, I Think I Could Open Up Certain Scenes For Improvisation, While Staying Within The Structure Of The Script.