If you change the right mind, then that person can perhaps change the world.

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.

I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

We never did just one take. Multiple takes. Many. I did a bunch. Sometimes I do one take. Sometimes I did 20.

Right after we invaded Iraq, I put a sign on my lawn that said "War is not the answer." That sign was either defaced, ripped up, or stolen every week. I had to replace that sign twelve times.

Always write from your gut, no matter what the project is.