Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects as the spoils of war. Art equaled power, riches and culture.
No one's ever called me anything but 'Arne.'
Elvis Presley's music never meant anything to me. Mambo was the music I loved - it spoke to me.
Film and art are close together.
It's possible to have more than one interest. I've been a painter and did summer stock.
I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.
When Robert Benton was doing the movie 'In the Still of the Night,' I'd choreographed the auction scene and supplied the paintings and had a bit part - I was bidding against Meryl Streep.
I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director.
I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested me in Dian Fossey was that she made a difference - she saved the gorillas.
I'm a visual person.
Money embarrasses me.
I've been told I'm a good midcareer manager.
