As a quiet salute to Beavis and Butthead, I held up my index finger and thumb in an "L"-the international sign for loser.

Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want.

L.A. - talk about a cruel city: Patients are forcibly removed from hospitals.

I remember the first time I received a cassette tape of a band called The Clash. I became an instant fan of the Clash and then bought their albums after that and went to their concerts and gave them my money... but I first got it for free.

One thing I've learned about death threats is that they're great, actually. You should actually be grateful for death threats because those who are taking the time to threaten you that way are getting it out of their system. That's really what they rant to do, yell at you, and they want to threaten you.

I mean if politics was my main motivation I would be doing politics. But I'm a filmmaker.

Three of the top six documentaries of all time, grossing, are made by me.