As A Writer And A Director, I

History Is Full Of Examples Of People Who Clamp Down After They Began To Enjoy Too Much Freedom. Freedom Can Lead To Instability, Anarchy, And Confusion. So There Can Be A Moral Counter-revolution.

You Rarely Get A Tentpole That Has This Much Emotional Depth, This Much Character To Dive Into.

There Is No Right Way To Live. You Preclude A Lot Of Life By Trying To Conform To That Kind Of Ideal Or Stereotype. And It's A Natural Inclination In A World Where It's So Complex And So Occasionally Valueless, Morally Bankrupt, And Chaotic That We Want To Reach Back To Something In Our Past.

As A Writer And A Director, I Simply Don't Have The Time I Need To Write And Prep The Movie I Would Have Wanted To Make Because Of The Fixed And Tight Production Schedule.

Dr. Strangelove' Was And Is One Of My Favorite Movies Ever, And I Just Can't Believe They Actually Blew Up The World After That.