I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing. I think young people, if they are feeling like they are confused, need to know that there are people to talk to and that there are places they can go and not feel alone. But I feel that they have just as many rights as I do to not be bullied.

Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.

I can imagine there is going to come a time when someone will do 13 hours of a story without breaks.

I've been intrigued by politics my whole life. And, yes, I am very close to the Clintons. I was a Hillary person until I was an Obama person. And she was a Hillary person, too, until she was an Obama one, evidently.

I was not a studious kid, and I struggled to find things that would command my attention and engage my ideas and energies.

I remember meeting the likes of Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart for the first time and being completely starstruck.

As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something.