Brian De Palma

I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features. ”

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening. ”

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school. ”

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time. ”

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening. ”

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit. ”

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore. ”

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow. ”