I think that there are certain guns that, of course, I don't know who needs a machine gun, personally. But I think rifles and things like that are fine. I think that in the wrong hand is when a gun becomes a problem.

I think we had an incredible opportunity to capitalize on that right up to Libya. I think we've made a step toward something that might be a mistake. I personally believe Saddam Hussein and Ghadafi are not good guys by any judgement, and there are ways to deal with it beyond what we did. Once you decide to attack, it paints an ill-conceived picture.

I think that's one of the biggest goals I had in making a movie, was listening to what other people had to say.

Well, even to this day, if I smell a Big Mac, I'm like Pavlov's dog. My mouth starts watering immediately, like, 'Man, that is so good,' but I can't take a bite of it.

The advice I give to every filmmaker is you have to be tenacious. You can't give up.

I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go.

When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you're preparing your whole company to be reward challenged.