Mine Was An Easy Ride Compared To

We're All Imperfect, And Life Is Simply A Perpetual, Unending Struggle Against Those Imperfections.

My Father Was A Certain Kind Of Man - I Saw How He Treated My Mother And His Family And How He Treated Strangers. And I Vowed I Would Never Make A Film That Would Not Reflect Properly On My Father's Name.

But My Dad Also Was A Remarkable Man, A Good Person, A Principled Individual, A Man Of Integrity.

I Had Learned Something Of Miami From People Who Had Visited There, So I Knew What To Expect.

I Was Born Two Months Early, And Everyone Had Given Up On Me. But My Mother Insisted On My Life.