The thing that's strange about Frank Vincent is that actors of his quality are usually big stars.

For the good producer, raising capital is about the last thing to worry about. If you're good, the money comes very easily.

No one wants to hear from the producer. He's the guy by the pool with a cigar in his mouth and a couple of lovelies on his arm. But when you're a director, they want to hear what you have to say about everything - the war, the world.

Show me a Scorsese film, and I'll show you a movie where he's taken risks. It's just his nature. He's an artist, and artists take risks. He always does what he believes in.

Many of the best films made about war have come out after the wars have ended. People need a period of time to reflect on them.

I really woke up one morning and said, you know, 'I haven't seen a good film about the American Revolution. And all the ones I have seen haven't been successful, but I'm going to make a successful one.' Well, I wasn't able to do that.