I'm past doing one chin-up more than I did the day before. I just kind of do what I feel like.

I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted because of what we were doing in story, or doing a certain take: that's not true. Actually the FBI was tremendously enthusiastic about us doing [ J. Edgar Hoover ] film.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Great stories teach you something. That's one reason I haven't slipped into some sort of retirement: I always feel like I'm learning something new.

The craving for information is so huge now, and it can be marketed at such a rapid rate.

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.