There are very few guys like me. I make a lot of money. I didn't always..

You have to be careful of the advice you take..

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment..

I was in a cult for thirty-four years. Everyone else could see it. I don’t know why I couldn’t..

If you make a film and then two and a half, three years later, suddenly the country's changed and you look like you just happened to hit it. I actual….

The stereotypes we pretend that we reject are ingrained in our DNA..

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut..

If you change the right mind, then that person can perhaps change the world..

What I love about writing is the contradictions we all embody as human beings..

I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers..

As soon as you think you know Clint Eastwood, you don't know Clint Eastwood..

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you lea….

We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness..

I like to write about things about which I have no answers, questions that trouble me. These things trouble me..

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception..

When we're threatened, it's very easy to appeal to our basic natures..

I just love actors, and I've always loved actors. I empathize with their job. Everyone thinks it's easy, and it ain't. To be that vulnerable and brav….

I was trying to talk about where we are right now as a society, and talk about the fear we all live in, and certainly since 9-11, how it's affected u….

The hope is what America represents to the world and has always represented - the hope for a better life and a better world. We have a duty to protec….

Independent films are very hard to get made, but I'm lucky enough to get them made, so I'm going to keep doing it. I like my independence. I like bei….

All the studios are owned by multinational corporations, which are not usually bastions of the left. So all the actors, writers, and directors - or a….