Quotes

We begged, borrowed, stole and racked up our credit cards to finish the film. - New York Times article on Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish (2000).

In Queens, Brooklyn, all those places in the late '60s and early '70s, you had all this opportunity opening up for blue-collar guys. They were suddenly able to jump ahead in life. - New York Times interview on his film "Lymelife"

I'm going to get married, I want to have kids. In my own life I'm going to slow down a bit. - The New York Times.

It was very easy to select Rory Culkin. I don't know if you've seen You Can Count On Me, and Signs, and even in You Can Count On Me he was so young but I really loved that movie, it's one of my favorite movies. The understated performances he gave in both films, and the things he does with his eyes - just his eyes - I just knew that he felt, to me, like one of those actors...he reminds me of a young Paul Newman. When you see his eyes, he does so much with his eyes; when I was imagining shooting him I just thought I was going to get a lot out of his eyes. I don't need as many words in the script. I think that's better filmmaking in general. - Sundance Interview

Who decides what the American dream is? This dogged pursuit that happened during the '70s and the '80s, that overindulgence, in essence created an environment that was paradise gone bad. - NY Newsday on "Lymelife"