I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no.

I was never interested in being an overly public person.

I wanted to just be a filmmaker, and I thought I wanted to do all the aspects, and it seemed like as a producer was the best way to do it, because I could have... You never have control on a movie, but you have as much control as you can. You can push it through, and you can hire the right people.

The situation in the film is like me going out to Venice Beach and talking to a homeless guy on the boardwalk, and 13 years later he's the president.

All the choices we make in our life are pointless. There’s no escaping the inevitable.

Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.

Not only is America a country where torture is now policy. It's now outsourced. It's given to companies at a cost-plus basis. It's a triple whammy of surreal, absolute madness.