Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies.

Franklin Roosevelt saw the world as a possible alliance, with the UN involved, of course, where we would never have these kinds of wars again. And he was equally opposed to the British Empire as he was against the Communist Russians.

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.

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.

I don't agree with Bernie Sanders that the banks should be broken up at this point. But Hillary Clinton's acceptance of huge contributions from Goldman Sachs and others... And we don't debate what Clinton has done. She has a public record. She's been Secretary of State. She's basically a candidate of Wall Street, for Wall Street.

If you make the movie from your heart and it stands over time, that's what matters to me.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.