People are willing to throw our civilization under the bus to discredit the existing system, without any proposed solution to the problems that they'….

In his life, [Dalton] Trumbo uses wit and comedy to fight these very high-stakes battles..

I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing..

I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard to really picture the DVD ver….

On the other track I got to talk with Jon Poll, my editor, and we go into more detail about the decisions we made in both the production and the post….

There were two writer's unions in those days[ during World War II ] , the studio-friendly guild called the Screen Playwrights, and the more activist ….

The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of - knowing that they'll make it on th….

I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible..

I've recently enjoyed the Paul Thomas Anderson commentaries and the David Fincher commentaries..

I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than si….

I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just, you know, that's it..

I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent..

But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of i….

It's hard to imagine in this day and age the accent in Dalton Trumbo speaking voice, the Mid Atlantic mixture of an English and American dialect, so ….

I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much des….

You can make an idea spread for good but you can also make an idea spread for bad and the power to make an idea spread, memetics, you know which now ….

Sometimes perfecting the one thing can be the enemy of getting any traction on anything else..

I hope we're all kind of influencing each other now to keep the quality up on those things. They seem to be getting better and better and better as t….

I hope I can now use my ability to communicate, without being too precious or serious. It's good to have some levity, even as you're facing some real….

It was about the compelling need to make countries get along to prevent war, in contrast with the totally petty and selfish bullshit that drives the ….

I do understand the free market, having my economics degree, and if someone on the right had some good ideas, I'm not so dogmatic that I wouldn't lis….