I Think Audiences Deserve The Benefit Of

It's Easier To Control People When They're Afraid.

The Idea That Anyone Would Think Their Religious Ideas Make Them Morally Superior Is Just Preposterous.

The Religion Itself May Have Some Great Ideas, But I Can't Take It Seriously If It's Blatantly Exclusionary.

One Of The Things I've Discovered At My Age Is I Must Have Enchantment. And That Was Not Clear To Me In My Earlier Years. When I Look At My Favorite Films, The Frank Capra - Even Scorsese, Even 'goodfellas,' What Makes That Movie So Remarkable Is There's Enchantment In Their World.

I Just Love Real Characters; They're Not Pretentious, And Every Emotion Is On The Surface, They're Regular Working People. Their Likes, Their Dislikes, Their Loves, Their Hates, Their Passions; They're All Right There On The Surface.