Kitsch Is More Dangerous Than It Looks

Once You Have Opened Up Prisoner Interrogation, Wiretapping, Border Patrol, Jailing And The Services Of The Military, When This Has Been Turned Into A For-profit Business In This Endless War, Then We're In Deep Trouble.

Get Your Sense Of Outrage Back, And Your Sense Of Defiance And Spirit Back, And Try To Put These Pieces Together And Confront The Excesses Of Empire At Every Turn.

I Wanted To Just Be A Filmmaker, And I Thought I Wanted To Do All The Aspects, And It Seemed Like As A Producer Was The Best Way To Do It, Because I Could Have... You Never Have Control On A Movie, But You Have As Much Control As You Can. You Can Push It Through, And You Can Hire The Right People.

I Never Wanted To Come Off As Self-important.

I Grew Up In Evanston And Lived In Chicago For A Long Time, In Old Town And Wrigleyville. I Did Three Films When I Was In High School. The First Was 'class,' With Rob Lowe. I Had A Supporting Role In That.