It's an eclectic film and I think we served the novel really well. And we had a great cast who worked for free. Everyone read it and said, I'm in, from Nick [Nolte] to Albert [Finney] to Omar [Epps] to Barbara [Hershey]. We really had fun and shot it in a very short time. I think the subject matter is more topical today, more to the point, than it was 30 years ago, when it concerned the Vietnam War.

My friends are always honest with me about films. But I really wanted to talk to regular people and kind of have a forum to interact with them; not just about films, but about everything.

I'm really just a regular guy who has had an incredibly blessed life.

The difference between trying to be fit and not being fit really means the difference between life and death.

Justin Timberlake is terrific in this film. I told him it's time to stop singing.

I could never write my memoirs, just because too many people are still alive and would be hurt.

I never think there's any competition between films. I root for everybody's films. I especially have a fond place in my heart for graphic novels and comics.