The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story?

I think you just keep going. I've been that way, my whole life.

When I was a kid, nobody told me I was good-looking. I wish they had. I would've had a better time.

I guess some mistakes you never stop paying for.

Storytelling is important. Part of human continuity.

I was never a good student. I had to be dragged into kindergarten. It was hard to sit and listen to somebody talk. I wanted to be out, educated by experience and adventure, and I didn't know how to express that.

The art of making a film and its content are far more interesting to me than the result or impact.