I Don't Like Being In Houses Alone.

I Know That I Come From Mid-20th Century America, Urban, Specifically Downtown New York, Specifically An Italian-american Area, Roman Catholic - That's Who I Am. And A Part Of What I Know Is There's A Decency To People Who Tried To Make A Living In The Kind Of World That Was Around Us And Also The Skid Row Area Of The Bowery; It Impressed Me.

That Subject Matter Has Never Left Me...the More You're In The Material World, The More There Is A Tendency For A Search For Serenity And A Need To Not Be Distracted By Physical Elements That Are Around You.

The Real Truth, I Thought, In Terms Of What Faith Is And What Christianity Is.

I've Been To North Africa Many Times.

Cinema Is A Matter Of What's In The Frame And What's Out.