When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.

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

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

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.

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

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.