I might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.

We all have idealism. We think we're healthy and then, all of a sudden, one day, you have cancer. The truth has a mind of its own.

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.

[Nixon] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what he was. We weren't right to do that - I don't think he did have that consciousness. But we did it for movie reasons - to create empathy.

Every day that you get up, it's some kind of victory if you're making a good product, or working on a project that can only help mankind.

For some reason, television still bores me. Even the best shows.

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