That's the thing about making a movie: You never finish editing. They just take it away from you.

I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.

Most filmmaking is about shaking hands and just starting.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.

As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.

Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.

I direct, and I make movies I can't finance. I can't raise money. I can't sell anything. I make things.

I grew up in the Bronx. I'm into rap music.

She has to agree to have me. It could take some time, but I’m confident I can trick her into it.

The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

The breakfast of champions is not cereal it's the opposition.

We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming

Pain is rewarding, in every capacity.

I was part of Quintuplets, I played a cat - this is my first drama.

Life belongs to man, but the meaning of life is beyond him.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to reach out to the godless than to someone from another sect.

When discouragement comes, don't stop. Dig deep and fight it through!