I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.

People have an actual bias against there being some kind of popularity for political films, and when they get acknowledged, it helps keep the conversation going.

John Wayne was never shy about that fervor, but because he was never overly zealous about his politics, and of course his status as a movie, he was embraced by both the right and the left.

I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just, you know, that's it.

I do understand the free market, having my economics degree, and if someone on the right had some good ideas, I'm not so dogmatic that I wouldn't listen to them.

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

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