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

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

United States could be a great country. It needs to be a great country. It's our responsibility as citizens to make that happen, every single one of us.

If you make a film and then two and a half, three years later, suddenly the country's changed and you look like you just happened to hit it. I actually like being contrarian. I would have preferred to come out three years ago when everyone was disagreeing with me. But hopefully it asks a lot of questions about our responsibility in sending young men and women to war, especially a war that's so complex, where there's no right answer, where they're forced with impossible decisions every day.

The radical rightwing pegs Hollywood as a leftist town, which is completely wrong. There are a lot of actors, writers, and directors who talk a liberal agenda... but all the studio bosses, for as long as there have been studios, have all been as far rightwing as you can possibly imagine.

We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.

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.