When You Make A Film You Usually

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.

When You Spend Your Life Acting And Being Other People, As Opposed To Being The One Person That You Are, You Learn That Life Is Gray Sometimes, Not Black And White. That What You Thought Was True Isn't Necessarily True If You Switch Sides.

When You Make A Film You Usually Make A Film About An Idea.

People Aren't Interested In Paying $10 Or $12 To Go To The Movies And To Be Lectured To Politically. I'm Not Either. So I Don't Try To Make Those Kinds Of Films.

Hollywood Was Set Up By A Bunch Of Businessmen. They Do Not See Their Job As Being Philanthropists. I Don't Think It's A Contradiction In Terms To Attempt To Be A Good Businessman And To Also Be Liberal.