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.

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.

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.

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

I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me.

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

You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.