It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

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

It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

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.

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.

I don't want people to be inspired or offended by what I do. If you determine your behavior by what [other people] want, you're screwed.