It's A Mixed Crowd At The Dogs

I Don't Write [screenplay Character] Biographies Beforehand. I Usually Go In Knowing Some Sequences: This Is Where I Want To Start, This Is Where I Want To End.

The Less Money And Time You Have, The More You Haveto Plan Ahead And Be Careful About Your Coverage. It's Like A Gas:it Expands Or Contracts Depending On The Size Of The Container.

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.

As A Screenwriter I'm Often Writing In Genres Where There Have Been Thousands Of Movies; Whereas When I Direct Movies They Tend To Be In Between Genres. They Tend To Have A Little Bit Of A Genre To Them, But They're Really About The People, And They're People We Haven't Met Before.

In A Movie You Have All These Logistical Problems; All These Practical Problems. But You're Also Going To Have People Come Who Can Do Things That You Can't Do, And You Get To Direct Their Talents.