I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.

I've been in plenty of situations where I thought the film would turn out one way or my performance would be looked at one way and it was an entirely different situation.

I think it's too easy often to find a villain out of the headlines and to then repeat that villainy again and again and again. You know, traditionally, America has always looked to scapegoat someone as the boogie man.

I never thought about that ever throughout the entire course of my career about choosing a specific role because it would make me seem more man-like.

I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.

I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

I am a fan of movies and there is something about watching film that is burned into celluloid for all time that is now a piece of history. You go watch, being a fan of classic films and my children and their children are going to be watching these movies.