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.

Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at our fingertips.

I love editing. It's one of my favorite parts about filmmaking.

I always think if it's a good story, the audience can't wait to run out of the theater and go tweet somebody with the gist of a story, in a nutshell, almost, because it was that interesting.

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

I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.