I see my job as trying to entertain you, to be balanced in some way, and morally responsible. I don't want to glorify a killer. I don't want to glorify a rapist. I don't want to do those things, but on the other hand I don't want to lecture to you, either.

If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.

No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did.

You mustn't regret decisions that you make. Because the decisions are made out of your gut in a way and you have to stick with them.

Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.

Three Days of the Condor is still an interesting film to watch not because it's political. It happens to be political. But that's not why the sales of the DVDs are as high as they are. It's because it's an entertaining thriller. In my opinion, Tootsie is a very political movie but truck drivers can go and laugh at it.

One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.