You Don't Make Pictures For Oscars.

I Don't Know How Else To Tell The Story Except To Utilise That Vocabulary: The Rain, The Darkness, The Mansions, The Framing, Etc, The Lighting And That Sort Of Thing.

I'm Obsessed With New York. I Just Find It So Remarkable. You Really Treasure This City When You Go To Different Countries And You See That There Is No Mix. When You Get Back To The City, It's Such An Exciting Place.

I Grew Up Within Italian-american Neighborhoods, Everybody Was Coming Into The House All The Time, Kids Running Around, That Sort Of Stuff, So When I Finally Got Into My Own Area, So To Speak, To Make Films, I Still Carried On.

You Can Be Born-again And Believe In Jesus, Believe In Jesus' Ideas And Try To Live Them Out, Without Becoming Totally Intolerant Of Other People.

I'm Trying Not To Let The Anger And The Violence That Erupt Take Over My Life. I Guess It Comes With The Growing Process, I Don't Know. A Little Mellowing.