We call ourselves filmmakers; that's what we do from start to finish, and it really takes advantage of our strengths. The most exciting thing for us is being the production company, working on the projects from concept to completion.

I personally don't want to see a nickel of my tax dollars subsidize a private development.

Because so many things were rationed, it was a big deal to get almost anything. Since I wore a uniform, some things were possible for me to take care of which would have been impossible for Doris. Early in the morning of our wedding day, I went to the bakery in Sonnenberg and picked up the wedding cake. That important item was my biggest headache, because I had to supply the baker with everything the recipe called for.

When we make films, the approach we take is visually different. The angles we use, for example, that all fold in with the music. The advantage we have is that I begin scoring inside my head when I'm thinking what the mood will be, and how I'm shooting will play off of that.

My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do something that I hadn't counted on. However, I always insist on dragging them back to the straight and narrow.

We read (the phrase) in the forward, where it talked about speakeasies. We didn't want a bar and grill at the end of the name, and we kept coming to that (phrase).