I think there's true drama in the formation of everything that we know and are standing on the shoulders of.

The truth is, I just want do things that are original and throw an original spin on them.

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.

There's actually a big difference between story and character. A great story doesn't make a great movie. A great script, which defines its moments and characters can become a great movie. You can make a movie that makes a lot of money and it may or may not have great story or great characters.

We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away.

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 like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up.