When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them.

You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.

He never gave up. And he does that for us

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision.

Everybody loves a winner, but nobody loves a winner.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.