I Had A Number Of Teachers Who

Most Italians Who Came To This Country Are Very Patriotic. There Was This Exciting Possibility That If You Worked Real Hard, And You Loved Something, You Could Become Successful.

I Landed A Job With Roger Corman. The Job Was To Write The English Dialogue For A Russian Science Fiction Picture. I Didn't Speak Any Russian. He Didn't Care Whether I Could Understand What They Were Saying; He Wanted Me To Make Up Dialogue.

The Essence Of Cinema Is Editing. It's The Combination Of What Can Be Extraordinary Images Of People During Emotional Moments, Or Images In A General Sense, Put Together In A Kind Of Alchemy.

I Was Raised As A Catholic, But I Didn't Like The Catholic Church At All. I Thought The Nuns Were Mean.

As Long As I Can Make Lots Of Money In Other Businesses, I'll Continue To Subsidize My Own Work.