We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.

I'm not that kind of Bob Dylan, tortured creative.

I actually went to university.

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.

Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.

Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling.

When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons.