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If movies are set in New York, they really should be shot in New York.

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I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save in the bottom line, I lose in a million other ways.

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In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

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I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.

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I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.

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I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

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And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big budget or studio or independent, as long as it's got a story that's compelling and there's enough money to make the picture.

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I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.

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Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

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Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's voice-over narration and scenes were added after the fact.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: June 8th, 1955

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