I think the great power of Bette Davis was she always knew who she was. She had an obligation to herself and her audience. When you think of what she was compelled to do, the power she put on the screen, the fact that she took upon herself a much greater task.

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

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

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

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.

We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it.

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.