I'm not trying to push my political agenda on anybody. I'll do that like any other citizen by giving money to a party or candidate I believe in. I don't mind going out and endorsing somebody I believe in. But when we're talking about my films, I don't think my politics should have anything to do with it.

Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you've done has lasted.

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.

Making a film is a way for me to understand what it's like to be a murderer, to confess, to be a beaten wife, to be a minority, to be a victor, to get the girl, to lose the girl. I can do all of that through the practice of an art form.

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

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