I don't really feel like I'm going to win. I just like the idea of showing up. |
I have friends who run big companies and they talk about very disturbing things at times, |
I haven't shied away from political and social conversations in my life, so I don't shy away from them in the films I make either. It doesn't mean that I'm out here preaching to the converted; I'd actually like to open up discussion and find ways that aren't polarizing. Films are reflecting what is going on in society. We as a society since 9/11 have, for the first time since Watergate, sat around and had outrage, discussion, polarization and arguments from both sides of the aisle. Questions are being asked. And that is good. |
I invested a pretty big chunk of money in it, and when we finally were about to announce, I was at the G-8, trying to raise money for African debt relief, |
I like nominations because they're groupings of awards. You're saying this sort of group of people are doing interesting work, so I tend to enjoy those. |
I make no apologies for that - it was a joke. |
I may be the novice of this group, ... but I have a good idea of what I like in Las Vegas, and it is all about class. |
I put it on so quickly I was anxious to get it off. The depressing thing was that I could put on 35 pounds in 30 days. |
I resolve not to drink liquids before donning the Bat-suit. |
I see them together and they look very content, which makes me happy. I've met her a few times. She is a very beautiful woman and very clued up. |
I sort of worked backwards in a way, |
I think it's important to be on the right side of history. |
I think it's probably a good thing. We're the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about Civil Rights when it wasn't really popular. ... This academy gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I'm proud to be a part of this academy, proud to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch. |
I think the truth is and the secret to this is in a way of trying to not be polarizing and I find that people on the left and right are - it's an incredibly polarized time. In general we're trying to find things that we can agree on and one of them for me is we have to agree on the idea that we're allowed to question authority. |
I thought it was a good time to have those debates again about government using fear to erode away civil liberties, which happens every 30 to 40 years |