I think John would have thought (this premiere) was really cool. He loved movies. He would have been the fan tonight.

We had a very deep spiritual connection.

John wanted to make sure the gnarly truth was told, as he put it, but at times he’d back away,

June was best friends with Robert Duvall, and I was directing a movie with Duvall and they were constantly talking about me among themselves. Soon John and June kept calling me to do a movie...

I loved their honesty, their humility and their graciousness. They were fiercely loyal, especially to me. Along the way, John got offered a lot of money to make a film about his life and he...