Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.

I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something you probably don't know about me. I've hated the taste since I was a kid.

The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago.

It's still a mystery to me, but even though my mother was like an older sister to me, I kind of put her up on a pedestal.

The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the right to do so, and to look at all people as equals.

There is a fine line between censorship and good taste and moral responsibility.

I would lose myself too much if I thought of myself as the audience.