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.

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

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.

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.