I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular?

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure.

We recognize ourselves in Westerns, ... I believe the Western can orchestrate moments around reality. The reality can be as entertaining to us as the lie.

I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.

When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the world, in terms of looking back in history and seeing how we got ourselves into trouble and how we got ourselves out of trouble.

Great stories don't often make great movies. Its' a crafted art form.