Kennedy was significantly different than Eisenhower before him, and different from Johnson after him. So those three years were the beginning of a dé….

I didn't like my classmates at Yale. George W.Bush was in my class. I didn't know it then..

I think a lot of people misunderstand what I'm doing, because my films are not easy sometimes. They do deserve a second viewing. I think they get mis….

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations..

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that..

Franklin Roosevelt is one of the great leaders because he does get along with other people. He makes this huge effort. He's a very charming man. He t….

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power..

Gore Vidal said "Nixon is us, we are Nixon." I think we have to acknowledge that combination of idealism and sleaze; we want to be better than we are….

I think John F. Kennedy was the last great hope. And that's why I dwell on that subject. He was someone who could stand up to the militarist element ….

Films might get to you and your subconscious and make a little difference, but when the vigilante drum beats, the mob screams and the conformists go ….

Bin Laden was completely protected by the oil companies in this country who told [President] Bush not to go after him because it would piss off the S….

I don't want to make a half-assed film. It's not my area of expertise..

I'm going to hold onto my Blu-ray collection because I really think it's hardware and it's important. I don't want to live in a cloud, all my life..

Each year, the The U.S. Army & its contractors SHOOT, STAB, MUTILATE, & KILL more than TEN THOUSAND live animals in cruel training exercises..

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can..

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing..

I'm a history person; I love history. But I am conditioned by the present..

My protest against digital has been me saying, "What's going to happen to film?" The result is that Kodak is out of business. That's a national trage….

If we [Americans] are a strong people, a united people, why do we always have to hear how great we are? What is this self-love? Where does this come ….

I'm trying to understand my life. The one that I've experienced..

It was a tough experience with Alan Horn, who didn't like anything that was R-rated. So you can imagine he hated some of my films..