Truth and facts have to trump partisanship. There has to be something that's true regardless of what your angle is on it.

The best set was probably 'Bloody Sunday.' We had no money for extras and gambled on months of outreach to persuade the people of Derry to turn out and march for us on one single afternoon. And they did. In their tens of thousands. Seeing them march, their patience and their dignity and their commitment, I knew the movie would have a quality of truth.

A Movie That Costs Only $1.6 Million Doesn't Have to Be a Cultural Event to Turn a Profit.

I like a lot of different kinds of movies, I like a lot of different kinds of paintings.

In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that digital provides.

It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me. I like it. The films that have come out of that, I personally like better than the ones that didn't.

"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is.