The Camera Is The Slave

My Films Are Expressive Of A Culture That Has Had The Possibility Of Attaining Material Fulfillment While At The Same Time Finding Itself Unable To Accomplish The Simple Business Of Conducting Human Lives. We Have Been Sold A Bill Of Goods As A Substitute For Life. What Is Needed Is Reassurance In Human Emotions; A Re-evaluation Of Our Emotional Capacities.

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.

Art Films Aren't Necessarily Photography. It's Feeling. If We Can Capture A Feeling Of A People, Of A Way Of Life, Then We Made A Good Picture.

Ricardo Montalban Is To Improvisational Acting What Mount Rushmore Is To Animation.

As An Artist, I Feel That We Must Try Many Things - But Above All We Must Dare To Fail...say What You Are. Not What You Would Like To Be. Not What You Have To Be. Just Say What You Are. And What You Are Is Good Enough.