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.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.

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.