Conservatives believe in smaller government and in the power of the electorate. So I think that we're less likely to try to use a dramatic forum to warp people's political views.

Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist.

You got an all-out prize fight, you wait 'til the fight's over, one guy's left standing and that's how you know who's won.

Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference.

I don't have any experience with film schools. I suspect that they're useless, because I've had experience with drama schools, and have found them to be useless.

My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.'

Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something to say, say it, and think well of yourself while you're learning to say it better.