It was hard for my friends to equate me with a picture like 'The Omen.'

I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic about anything: If you tell me to write a screenplay about cucumber farms, I'll swallow hard, and in 48 hours, I'll be in love with cucumber farms.

I would say it's not as hard as writing, because when you're a writer, you walk right into the pit all by yourself, but when you're a director, there are at least 80 people who scream, 'Don't do that!' when you make a mistake.

When you watch television shows, as good as they are, like 'Joan of Arcadia' and 'Touched by an Angel,' everything is this kind of mishmash of faith but not any specific religion.

It's just a winning school. You always equate Texas with winning and working hard. All the way around, Texas, the school, the state, we're giving everybody something to be proud of.

Me not working hard? Yeah, right - picture that with a Kodak.