Naturally, it is a terrible, despicable crime when, as in Munich, people are taken hostage, people are killed. But probing the motives of those responsible and showing that they are also individuals with families and have their own story does not excuse what they did.

One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

I had a great time creating the future on 'Minority Report,' and it's a future that is coming true faster than any of us thought it would.

[The way Stanley Kubrick] tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories.