I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry.

American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information.

Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.

If you say, I'm living in America and I have freedom of speech but I choose not to use it because it's going to cost me, well, you're not living in freedom. You're not free.

Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.

What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.