I Only Made Two Studio Movies, That

Most Of The Time For Me, You're Learning What Not To Do, As Opposed To What To Do. You Never Know What To Do. I Don't, Especially In A Work Environment. You Have A Little Formula Yourself. But When I See A Director Do Something I Think, Whatever He Or She Just Said Totally Screwed That Actor Up And Now They're Worse. I'm Never Going To Do That. I'm Going To Figure Out Something Else. I Want My Movie To Be Good. And That's How It Works.

Directing Is: You're Overwhelmed The Whole Time. Your Mind Never Stops. If You Care About It. You Wake Up In The Morning And You Begin Thinking About It And Then You Go To Sleep At Night And You're Still Thinking About It.

I Learned, Especially From My Mother, To Respect The Profession And Take It Seriously, But Not Take Yourself Too Seriously.

I'm 47, I Have Gray Hair, And Yet People Still Come Up To Me On The Street Who Are In Their Twenties, Who Weren't Even Born When 'singles' Was Made... Well, They Were Pretty Tiny, Anyway... And They Say, 'oh, I Love That Movie.' And I Always Say, 'how Old Are You?'

Most Of Us... Are Simply Just Trying To Get Through The Day. And Wait For Those Times In Their Life That Are Markers, That Put Things Into Relief. That's Why We Like Movies And Books So Much.