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Most Human Beings Who Are Accustomed To Attempting To See The World From Various Points Of View Tend To Be More Liberal Than Conservative.

Every Film I've Made Has A Kind Of Frustrated Love Story In The Center Of It. They Were People Who Saw Life From Opposing Points Of View, Which Has Been In Every Film I've Ever Done. It Had All The Ingredients Of The Kinds Of Films I Like To Do.

By That I Mean, I Think That It Is True That Politics And Political Heroes Have To Satisfy Our Need To Be Greater Than Mortal In Some Way, And That's Led Them Into Creating Illusions, Sound Bites, Focus Groups That Tell You What To Do.

I Mean, Movies Are Like Your Kids Or Your Fingers And Toes Or Something, It's Pretty Hard To Pick Favorites.

Making A Film Is A Way For Me To Understand What It's Like To Be A Murderer, To Confess, To Be A Beaten Wife, To Be A Minority, To Be A Victor, To Get The Girl, To Lose The Girl. I Can Do All Of That Through The Practice Of An Art Form.