I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.

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

For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.

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 actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies.

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

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.