David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you're not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don't agree with that.

There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.

In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.

Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.