[Dalton] Trumbo himself was a terrible Communist.

There's people who actually have a whole science devoted to what makes a sticky meme and that idea of that question of why some ideas about how civilizations work catch on and others don't.

I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.

The first thing we noticed was how flamboyant [Dalton] Trumbo was in real life.

There is an energy in the USA that will have to be dealt with, will have to be acknowledged and coped with. There are people who feel that they've lost ground, lost access to government - people whose quality of life has been affected.

I'm a patriot, and I think democracy is the best system available. It's very flawed, but it works better than anything else.

I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in.