I became kind of like the village blacksmith after the invention of the automobile, ... There just was nowhere to go. Obviously, the next thing for me was directing movies.

The life of the village became more and more affected by strikes and lock-outs.

Aldridge came out of nowhere.

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

To do that I try and keep myself in pretty good shape physically and I try to lead my life in such a way that I'll be able to be as strong at the end of the movie as I am in the beginning.

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.