“We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.”
Tip: press → for another quote, C to copy, S to share.
I had a heartbreaking experience when I was 9. I always wanted to be a guard. The most wonderful girl in the world was a guard. When I got polio and then went back to school, they made me a guard. A teacher took away my guard button.
They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family.
I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.
I had a number of very strong personalities in my family. My father was a concert flutist, the solo flute for Toscanini.
