When you watch a movie, you don't want to feel like a machine made it. You want to feel a soul.

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.

My flag is always flying. My shingle is always out. I'm always looking for movie ideas.

When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.