In 'True Grit,' we had a vulture, a trained vulture... that was a pain and that was - even by vulture standards - probably a stupid vulture, and that was frustrating.

It's hard to get away from being old. I still talk about the TV set.

Sergio Leone has this weird western opera thing.

People respond to real problems from the heart.

With 'The Big Lebowski,' we were really consciously thinking about doing a Raymond Chandler story, as much as it's about L.A.