You do these movies, you give it out to the world and you really have no idea how people are going to react to you.

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 look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting.

I don't think it's a prize when actors and directors or writers and actors work together more than once. You have a trust and a shorthand and a lot of times you even reach the point, where in the process, you don't even have to talk.

There is a segment of the American population that has been excluded from the national myth, and that should be redressed.

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 don't think movies can ever be too intense, but people have to understand why you're showing them the things you are showing them.