I've always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience.

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.

I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, "You're the only person who can play this part."

When I see my children, and when I see the people who value me, I know how lucky I am.

I don't have a seller's remorse about how I've lived. I am cognizant of what I have done, and any of us could maybe draw the line better. But I've tried to live pretty fearlessly.

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