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...

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.