We're trying to tell stories. We're a company that's concerned with global change and the effect of global cinema. We're not simply tied to the very limiting framework of U.S. film-making.

I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.

Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives.

The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden.

I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years