I think there is a whole older generation that will go to movies still. People like me; people over 45.

There is a narrative to every life, and I believe in the classic mode of storytelling that goes back to Homer and carries through to today.

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.

From '45, the moment Franklin Roosevelt dies, we're running ratlines with the Germans, helping Nazis escape.

It was a tough experience with Alan Horn, who didn't like anything that was R-rated. So you can imagine he hated some of my films.

I'd like to be honest to my time, and I lived from 1946, and I want to understand why our country, which I love so much, and was a great country when I was young, it seemed, became this monster vampire on the face of humanity- a vampire squid, to quote Matt Taibbi, sucking out the juices of all mankind. Why? It's a basic question.

I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?