The New York School Poets Are My

I Have To Tell Everyone That When I Finish A Film And It Goes Out And Is Released, I Never Look At My Films Again. I Don't Like Looking Back. I Don't Even Like Talking About 'em! So I'm Really Digging Back In My Memory Because I Don't Like To Sit And Look At My Films Again.

I Start With Actors That I Know Personally Or I Know Their Work, And There Are Things About Their Work Or Their Presence Or Their Own Personality That Make A Character, That Exaggerates Some Qualities And Suppresses Other Qualities. It's Always A Real Collaboration For Me.

It's Hard To Get Lost If You Don't Know Where You're Going.

When I Studied With Nicholas Ray He Was Always Telling Us, "if You Want To Make Films, Watch A Lot Of Films, But Don't Just Watch Films, Go Take A Walk, Look At The Sky, Read A Book About Meteorology, Look At The Design Of People's Shoes. Because All Of Them Are Part Of Filmmaking." So I Thought, Perfect! That's A Good Job For Me.

Stupid F***ing White Man.