I've always wanted to try new things because it's exciting and it keeps you active and alive.

People are finally able to look around and say, 'I can see the drought, I can see the rising sea levels, I can see the crops dying. Okay, now I get it.' It is finally beginning to sink in that there has been a lot of damage.

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 don't know what your childhood was like, but we didn't have much money. We'd go to a movie on a Saturday night, then on Wednesday night my parents would walk us over to the library. It was such a big deal, to go in and get my own book.

When did Noah build the boat? - Before the rain.

The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.

I think documentary filmmakers need as much protection as possible under journalist's privilege. How else is the public to know what is going on?