Most people don't form a self and then lead a life. They are called by a problem, and the self is constructed gradually by their calling.

The things that make them similar - their machismo, their expansionary braggadocio - is going to turn them I think into bitter and dangerous enemies. We will look back on this moment where we thought Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were sort of close as a moment of bitter irony, when they get into a schoolyard display against each other, amping up each other's worst tendencies and putting the two countries in some sort of scary position.

Donald Trump's world view is that it's a dangerous, miserable place, people are out to get him, and he needs to strike them first.

Our emotions tell us what to value. They're like a little GPS system: Go that way. Don't go that way.

My colleague Ross Douthat wrote that any time you give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt, he always lets you down.

As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that.

If you're a soldier or marine in an Arab country, Islam is the solution. And you need to show respect.