I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who weren't born. For people who weren't born, they see how leaders must act under a crisis situation, not trying to be re-elected or not trying to check polls, that they go from their gut check.

I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

I think that you try to raise the bar on whatever you do because you know, in this day of having to deal with a lot of reality TV, people say that scripted programming is dying, so you have to try to create something that can live in people's minds, long after they see it.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people.

Cowboy movies aren't supposed to be in vogue. I still like them. You know, I'm still out there pitching the hell out of them.