Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

I think what I am is a "convener"; I like to convene people around ideas.

I love studying how people are. Not just what they're saying, but how they are, what they're doing.

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.

Making your life is ultimately an extraordinarily creative endeavor.

People realize that we're very good at sending people to war, but we're not good at taking care of them. And people are coming back from war now; years ago, they would have been killed, now they're wounded; and they're coming back alive and with post-traumatic stress. So, I think Americans are sensible enough to know we've got to figure out a way to take care of them.