I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.

Ever since 9/11, I found myself interested in chronicling the war and the war on terror and the way that this giant machinery was affecting individuals.

So to be standing here, this was really, truly, honestly never part of anything we even imagined in our wildest dreams.

I think as a filmmaker you try not to have any expectations other than that the film have a fairly substantial beginning, middle and end.

The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.

You're trying to dramatize events to tell a story most effectively. That doesn't mean the events aren't true, it just means you're making them as dramatic as you possibly can.

I write on a computer, on a laptop or whatever.