Writing is a creative art form and the acting and directing is more of an interpretive art form.

It's hard to tell what will stimulate curiosity nowadays because looking at some of the things that do excite people, you kind of go, "Ohh, OK. So this hasn't a chance." But we made it anyway. I think if people see the picture, they'll find a lot of parallels to today, ever since 9/11 and everything, that kind of fear that's going on in disturbance of the country.

Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we're not vigilant.

There's a rebel lying deep in my soul.

If you read any of the biographies on J. Edgar Hoover, you find that they contradict each other more than they agree. Often times, they're often told from a political perspective.

I don't wanna need you because I can't have you.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.