The Only Failure Is Not To Try.

Anytime There's An Actual Grassroots Movement That Isn't Funded By People Trying To Create A Grassroots Movement, I Find That Interesting.

The Timing For Directing Is Usually Because It Takes That Long To Develop A Piece And Then Do Pre-production And Then Post-production. It Takes At Least A Couple Of Years. I Prefer Directing To Doing Other Things. Directing And Writing Seem To Be Infinitely More Creative

My Father Was And Is A Great Journalist. Thirty Years Ago, I Was Studying Broadcasting In College, And The Problem Was I Wasn't Nearly As Good As My Father. I Wasn't As Quick Or As Smart As My Old Man, And I Realized It Would Be A Long Time Before I Was Ever Going To Be, And I Decided To Do Something Else.

The Last Real Movie Stars Were Probably Redford And Newman. And Things Were Different Then. There Wasn't This Amazing Amount Of Magazines And Information About Them.

I Was Very Lucky To Get Well Known Much Later In Life. You Need To Have Flopped Quite A Few Times To Get A Sense Of How Little Any Of It Has To Do With You.