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For Me, If I Had All The Money In The World, And I Could Finance My Own Films, I Would Do Whatever.

I Was Also A Congressman. I Had Decided To Run For Office And Had Become A Congressman With Queen Latifah.

Whether It's Films Or Painting Or Music Or Writing A Book, The Greatest Experience Is Being Able To Express Yourself And What You've Gone Through, Trying To Figure Out A Way To Make It Into Something That's Artistic That People Can Connect With.

Hollywood Is One Of Those Places Where, Traditionally, Money Has Come From - Along With New York, Texas, Florida, Silicon Valley In Northern California And The Unions. But Because Of The Internet And The Way Campaigns Are Financed These Days, You Don't Need Traditional Financing As Much As You Used To - And Barack Obama Has Tapped Into That In A Big Way. But At The End Of The Day, People In Hollywood Care More About [the Presidency] Than Just The Trappings Of It And The Surface Type Stuff. They Care About The Issues.

I Was Already Interested In Directing When I Was Very Young. I Knew That Was Something I Was Going To Be Doing.