I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

I've never seen, heard, nor smelled an issue that was so dangerous it couldn't be talked about. Hell yes, I'm for debating anything!

I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face.

I believe there's a landscape that exists underneath everything that we can see in present-day stuff. And I think that makes life kind of a detective story.

My hand trembles, my heart does not.

Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on.

There's no attempt to manipulate the audience. We made our choice at the start.

Dark impulses certainly exist in me and, I think, in most people.

We shoot double episodes in 15 days in Los Angeles.

I've always been a bit of a sound freak in the movies I've done.

To be able to rely completely on the actors was a very simple process for me.

I think, therefore I'll think.

I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions.

Every man should see the birth of his children

The cocktail party is easily the worst invention since castor oil

We do not learn so much by our successes as we learn by failures - our own and others! Especially if we see the failures properly corrected.

Wine gives strength to weary men.

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a working man, a quiet, blue-collar dude.

It's fascinating to travel around Italy and realize just how many different ways they make spaghetti.

I'll let you and Zia have some quality time," she told me. "Just the two of you and your coat.