I wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in the world.

I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.

If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the more films that I make and the more interest that I'm allowed to cover, the better for me and the better, hopefully, for the people who like to watch me.

The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.

The only morality in a cruel world is chance.

It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.

If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.