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 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 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.

To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a memorable film and not have a film to fall by the wayside, to have something live on during the years, and one of those elements is the commitment the actors have to their performance.

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

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.

It's always great to do a movie that you find is entertaining, but also can give some sort of political or social message.