OK, I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money.

You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.

Once I start to do a film, it has inferences. If a guy walks down a street and kicks a dog, you're saying something about that guy. A guy walks down the street and somebody's about to be run over and he shoves him out of his way and gets hit by the car himself, you're saying that guy's a hero. You can't avoid making certain statements.

OK, I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money.

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

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

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.