Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

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.

Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown.

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.

Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug.

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

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.