It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment. Even modern wars are fought like revenge tales from some petty grievance. It was definitely tapping into the Dr. Strangelove vibe, which is one of my three top favorite films or all time.

The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we're just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A.

I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent.

I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries.

When Dalton Trumbo and his friends joined the Communist Party it was 1943, and Russia was our ally in World War II. This was connected to a very popular movement of artists and intellectuals at that time towards anti fascism, and an alliance with the union movement.

I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible.

When something so unjust as the black list happened, [Dalton Trumbo] would come to life in a certain way.