No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.

I thought I could rely on the plot in the novel and fill in the colour between the lines, but I made a mistake with that assumption. It was really, really hard because you pull a few things apart and then you realise how everything relies on everything else and it can all fall apart.

Yes, I'm going to be the President of the United States. You know why? You think you can get chicks by being in the movies? You can really get chicks by being the President.

No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.

No matter what you're doing, if you're trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better.

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan.

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need.