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

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.

The hope is what America represents to the world and has always represented - the hope for a better life and a better world. We have a duty to protect and support that hope with not just our words, but with our deeds.

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brave on camera is tough.

I try not to think of actors as I'm writing because I think you do them a disservice by writing for things they've already done.

This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.

If you're in a relationship and you try to trust somebody who's completely untrustworthy, when trust is the basis of any relationship and everyone else says not to trust, is love transformative.