'Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly.

I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that.

My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family, it went into sudden widescreen.

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

I saw one movie in theatres in the first 18 years of my life.

Everyone has an internal age, a time in life when one is, if not one's best, then at very least one's most authentic self. I always felt that my internal clock was calibrated somewhere between 47 and 53 years old.