If Your Mother Cooks Italian Food, Why

The Tone Of The Picture And The Atmosphere Was In My Head And In My Blood In A Way Once I'd Decided To Make The Picture. I Had To Find My Way Through That To Choose, Select, Emphasise Certain Visual Elements And Sound.

There Must Be People Who Remember World War Ii And The Holocaust Who Can Help Us Get Out Of This Rut.

All My Life, I Never Really Felt Comfortable Anywhere In New York, Except Maybe In An Apartment Somewhere.

One Of The Things Is That The Good Intentions Of Prohibition, From Reading Over The Years And From Becoming Obsessed With The Research Of Gangs In New York City, Seems To Have Allowed Crime Figures At The Time, Like Luciano, Capone, Torrio And Rothstein, To Organize To Become More Powerful, Which Pulled All The Way Through Until The '70s.

When I'm Making A Film, I'm The Audience.