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.

Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves and we aren't willing to put ourselves in the skin of those characters and women, I think, terrify us. We tend not to write women as human beings. It's cartoons we're making now. And that's a shame.

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.

The wrong one will start saying things like "withdraw with honor." We've heard phrases like that before, and they led to thousands and thousands of deaths. Democrats always want to look tough.

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t.

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

It turns out that good actors can make anything believable.