When I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.

You'd be surprised how many writers, or how many actors, if they miss a paycheck or two, they've got nothing. As a writer or an actor you can have four or five jobs in one year and then have none for two years.

I just want to thank people who take big risks in their daily lives when there aren't cameras rolling. I want to dedicate this award to people who stand up for peace and against injustice and intolerance.

When I started to allow the characters to go where they wanted to go, I just had to follow.

I really wanted to make a nonpolitical political film. I wanted something that folks in red states and blue states could look at and not ask if this is the right thing to do to be in this war, but what this war is doing to the fabric of our society.

We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.

I've lived in America for many years. I mean, I love being a Canadian, but I truly identify with America. I love America so much.