I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.

So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?

...simple logic tells you that if somebody wants you dead you have one course of action: To get them deader sooner.

Give Bush 10 minutes before you hammer him. I think he's going to surprise people. He sounds simple and uncomplicated, but maybe that's what we need now. He's not as stupid as everyone thinks. I like the guy.

Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good.

Filmmaking, like sex, isn't a polite enterprise. It involves a lot of mess and the bottom line is, if somebody ain't screaming, you're not doing your job.

The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.