I was familiar with that and 'Rio Bravo.' 'Rio Bravo' was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western and turning it into an urban flick. And from there you got, you know, all the cop genre movies of the time.
All artists draw from their lives, except they mask it and camouflage it... which is the smarter way to do it.
Rehearsals make a huge difference.
Most of the great directors I've worked with - De Palma, Spike Lee - like rehearsals.
Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid.
I feel I don't get credit enough for it, the pioneering I did in comedy.
