Most Filmmakers Can't Afford To Try Something

You Have To Really Be Courageous About Your Instincts And Your Ideas. Otherwise You'll Just Knuckle Under, And Things That Might Have Been Memorable Will Be Lost.

Being A Former Theater Student, Of Course, There Is A Part Of Me That Is Fascinated With Stage Crafts And What You Can Do With Illusions And Working Within The Confines Of The Studio.

I Had An Older Brother Who Was Very Interested In Literature, So I Had An Early Exposure To Literature, And And Theater. My Father Sometimes Would Work In Musical Comedies.

I Think Cinema, Movies, And Magic Have Always Been Closely Associated. The Very Earliest People Who Made Film Were Magicians.

I Like To Work In The Morning. I Like To Sometimes Go To A Place Where I'm All Alone Where I'm Not Going To Get A Phone Call Early That Hurts My Feelings, Because Once My Feelings Are Hurt, I'm Dead In The Water.