Not Taking A Risk Is A Risk.

I Can't Think Of Anything Outside Of Having The Gift Yourself And Creating Yourself. I Can't Think Of The Next Better Thing To Do Than Being Able To Put It Back. Creative Expression, I Think, Is Vital To The Success Of Any Society.... A Society Without Art Will Die.

I've Been Able To Carve Out Spaces For Myself. At Sundance, I'm In The Mountains - My Property Is Private. I Get On A Horse And Ride For Three, Four Hours. Sometimes Five. I Get Lost. But When I'm In, I'm In.

Whereas Money Is A Means To An End For A Filmmaker, To The Corporate Mind Money Is The End. Right Now, I Think Independent Film Is Very Confused, Because There's Excess Pressure In The Marketplace For Entertainment To Pay Off.

'butch Cassidy' Was The Only Film I Ever Enjoyed Making.

Between 18 And 19 Years Old [in The 1950s] I Came To Paris. I Studied Art. And That Experience Really Did Change My Life. I Was Living Hand To Mouth. I Walked Everywhere. I Thought, This City Is Incredible But You Really Have To Experience It By Walking It.