The purpose of art actually is, in many cases, to make you feel quite uncomfortable. Or at least to go to that place that's already of discomfort inside of you and tap into that.

Every parent wants to do what's best for their child. Whatever I can afford, I'm going to get my kid the best education I can get.

There is nowhere in the four Gospels where Jesus uses the word 'homosexual.'

My dad was an assembly line worker at AC Spark Plug, which was a division of General Motors, and his job was to build and then inspect the little spark plugs as they came off the line.

I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in.

But I'm not a member of the Democratic Party. If you know anything about me, anybody who's followed me, I'm the anti-Democrat. I have railed against the Democrats for a long time.

When I make a film, I'm not doing it purely for political reasons. If I just wanted to do that, I'd run for office.