Years ago, even prior to 9/11, I did a movie called "The Siege." I did a lot of research with the FBI and the CIA. And I was amazed at that time (I guess we might all know it now) how little information they shared with each other. So after that, I'm not surprised by anything.

It's very important to transcend places that hold us.

The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.

I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.

I love research and being educated. It's a great job being able to step into all kinds of professions and into other people's shoes.

Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.