I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

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

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

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.

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.