When you go to Detroit you see a town that is resilient, that's just fighting to win again, and there's an energy to that. Just watching a city really fighting to get back on its feet and watching the inner strength of a city is tremendous.

Bush, Sharon, Blair and Rice are names that history will damn.

I don't think that Hollywood will have much to do with changing politics. Hollywood usually reflects things.

I don't know of an actor that the Coen brothers would come to and say, "Hey, I've got a movie for you to be in, if you want to do it," that would say, "No." That's the truth.

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.

You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.

My father taught me about having principles and how to treat people with respect. My aunt also taught me how to keep a perspective on everything that happens to you. So you learn to be humble and not take your success for granted.