Manhattan is so tailored. It's driven by appealing to the very wealthy and tourists.
I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.
I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.
You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.
Something like The Haunting is not worth the slightest consideration from me.
We are a country of excess. So it's not the violence, per se, but the exacerbation and constant repetition.
The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.
Even when they don't know who Nixon was, these shows will continue to play.
Films with a message just make me laugh.
Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.
I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.
Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.
If you think you're going to create an unposed photograph, think again. There is no such thing.
Photographs can reveal something to us, and they can also conceal things.
I don't want actors to know anything. The more they are lost, the better they play.
I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.
My first car was a Toyota 4Runner when I was 17. I paid for it myself. I was very happy.
I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.
Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.
