[ Dalton Trumbo] always said he fought so many fights, all seemingly different, but all about the concepts of fairness and justice.

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

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

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

You can make an idea spread for good but you can also make an idea spread for bad and the power to make an idea spread, memetics, you know which now people talk about memes.

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