There Is No Re-inventing The Wheel.

And Dressed Her [madonna] Up Like A Turkey. After I Read That Stuff, I Thought Long And Hard About What One Would Do To Dress Someone Up Like A Turkey. And I Nailed It. I Figured You've Got To Get Out The Playtex Glove, Blow It Up And Put The Glove Over The Head.

My Greatest Interest In It Was Certainly Not To Avoid Those Things That Were Going To Be Controversial About The Family But The Interest I Had In The Story Was Predominantly What He Was Pursuing And Not As Much What He Was Fleeing.

If You Can't Count On Your Heart Having Some Kind Of Unified Response, You Can't Count On Anything. You Use Your Heart As A Barometer For Your Movie's Completeness.

One Of The Things You Don't Have In Haiti Is You Don't Have Anybody On Crack Doing Something Completely Out Of - That's Unpredictable. Even At The Worst Times In Haiti, The Violence That Had Happened, The Lack Of Security That Happened, Was Largely Predictable Because It Was Politically Tied.

I Don't Read Newspapers Too Much , Just Because They Tend To Make Me Feel I Have A Political Obligation That I Think Is A Distraction From What My Political Offerings Are Going To Be If I Just Make My Movies.