Some of Jimmy Stewart's performance in 'It's A Wonderful Life' is some of the most disturbing performance he ever did, when he falls apart and when he breaks down.

It's easier to control people when they're afraid.

You should always make it like it's your last film. That's my personal belief. Every filmmaker is going to have another belief... That's the only way I know to try to make a film that might be good. You got to take it real seriously like it's your last thing.

I think if religion closes discussion or exchange of ideas or curiosity about other views, it's not true to its core.

I think film was my passion without it being declared like a job that I could have, or a career that I could have.

The Republicans just want to bankrupt the government. They think that the government should do nothing, except maybe support the military. So terrorism is perfect for them.

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.