Ricardo Montalban is to improvisational acting what Mount Rushmore is to animation.
The camera is the slave to the actor.
Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.
When I started making films, I wanted to make Frank Capra pictures. But I`ve never been able to make anything but these crazy, tough pictures. You are what you are.
I'm not good at comparing and contrasting. I take what's in front of me for what it is, although I guess there's something about Paul's realistic writing that is like Cassavetes.
