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The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.

I don't have a lot of patience for movies that aren't cleanly told.

The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.

I don't believe moviegoers don't have patience. Screenwriters are told a scene can't be longer than three minutes, that you have to cut to the chase. Not true!

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

I don't know what is in store for the movie business any better than anybody else does, but it does seem like my kind of movies are a little trickier than it used to be - or maybe a lot trickier.

The movie business is a big gamble.

Making movies has become such a golden ring, and it's all such a big business, that the rewards system has gotten totally out of whack. Suddenly, you're treated in a manner befitting someone who is actually an important person.

I've been in this business 31 years. I've never had a movie deal.

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.