We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.

I make my films like you're going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.

The truth is not being aired in the West. It’s a surreal perversion of history that’s going on once again, as in Bush pre-Iraq ‘WMD’ campaign.

Concepts of integrity and heroism and honor are still important to the world today. Some people behave well, and some people behave badly.

[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.

I'm a history person; I love history. But I am conditioned by the present.