I Don't Have A Social Agenda. I

There Were Not Fifteen People In The Story Department And Twenty-five Producers And Stuff. And Roger Had Produced 1,000 Movies And Directed A Couple Of Hundred, And Their Comments Were Always Very, Very Specific.

I Think I Got Spoiled And That Writing A Short Story And Getting It Published, Or Writing A Novel And Getting It Published, You Pretty Much Get To Do The First, Second And Third Draft Yourself Without A Whole Lot Of Interference.

My Argument Has Always Been That This Is Not An Anti-bush Film, It's A Pro-democracy Film. And If George W.bush Comes Out On The Wrong Side Of Democracy, That's His Problem.

When I Read A Story Or See Something Play Out In Front Of Me I Say, How Come Nobody's Made A Movie Or A Television Show Out Of This? This Is Something That Belongs In The Conversation. Certainly That's What Interests Me About A Project.

Well, Acting Is Cheap; I Knew All These Actors Who Weren't In The Screen Actors Guild Yet, And It Happened That They Were All Just About Thirty Years Old.