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.

My attitude about Hollywood is that I wouldn't walk across the street to pull one of those executives out of the snow if he was bleeding to death. Not unless I was paid for it. None of them ever did me any favors.

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 bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

Just curious. Does the president of the United States have any advice for other teenage boys in America? Wounded warriors, for example . . .

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

I'm a pretty quiet guy, but if people want to think of me as a lady killer, I guess that's good.