You Don't Make Pictures For Oscars.

Cinema Is A Matter Of What's In The Frame And What's Out.

It’s Also True That I Might Have Never Made Taxi Driver [1976] Were It Not For The Success Of Alice [doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974]. The Question Of Commercialism Is A Source Of Worry. Must One Make A Choice, Must It Be A Matter Of Either Setting Your Sights On Winning An Academy Award And Becoming A Millionaire, Or Making Only The Movies You Want To Make And Starving To Death?

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.

I Didn't Realize There Are Generations Who Do Not Know About The Origins Of Film.

I Think All The Great Studio Filmmakers Are Dead Or No Longer Working. I Don't Put Myself, My Friends, And Other Contemporary Filmmakers In Their Category. I Just See Us Doing Some Work.