I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another...

Life is a very emotional experience.

I feel audiences are not given enough credit for their intelligence.

My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen