Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

I think it was more like the original Francis before The Godfather who just wanted to make personal films and use sensible-sized crews and equipment.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.