Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

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

There is no question that [Dan] Quayle is an uneducated idiot. But someone, somewhere cleverly realized that the best diversion from Bush is to put on a clown show.

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

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.

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

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