I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.

I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.

I don't speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I've researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.

I met Cindy [Sheehan] near Crawford, Texas. I went out to personally thank her for waiting patiently by the road in front of George and Laura Bush's ranch for an answer from her President as to why and for what her son and others had been sacrificed in the unlawful invasion and occupation of Iraq.

People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.

It is important to keep protesting, to keep forcing a conversation in the public arena. In any case, when you know what the right thing to do is, or that something must be said, it can be immoral and dangerous not to act.