A movie is like a tip of an iceberg, in a way, because so little of what you do in connection with making a movie actually gets into the movie. Almost everything gets left behind.

It's so much easier to make a movie about someone who is so likeable that you just want to get out of the way.

I've had people turn me down. Not all that many, but certainly it happens.

Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

There is only one direction. (Down.) There is only one color. (Black.) And there is only one number (Zero.)

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.

Nothing is so obvious that it's obvious.