My point was that it's hard to make good films, but I'm not under any illusion that you do all the time.

It's a very frightening time when something as basic as due process is seen as somehow radical.

No, actors go out with actresses as a form of self-flagellation.

Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life, all this shame and fear and pain, and turned them into great works of art. He was a complex, brilliant person who was just wired too tight.

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

I try not to dwell on the past. I'm not a big go-back-and-try-to-relive-your-past kinda person.

I think everything has some politics to it. It's just whether or not it admits to it. Politics is weird. I don't even know what that means any more.