Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.
Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.
Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.
I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.
I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.
It's obviously a lot more of a political undertaking making a movie in Hollywood and it's a business there. In Australia, they don't expect films to make money; whereas in America they're counting on it.
The crime film is the most honest American film.
I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.
I never used to be as good, you get better. I've just gotten better and quicker at figuring out the joke.
Obviously, the US does not want a shooting war with North Korea. But there has to be some path out of this situation that is also presented that is peaceful. We have sanctions, we have deterrence, but the third leg of any resolution to this problem has to be dialogue. It seems prudent for the US to not only threaten North Korea, but to also offer a way forward.
I remember with strong feelings the families who joined our movement and paid dues long before there was any hope of winning contracts. Sometimes, fathers and mothers would take money out of their meager food budgets just because they believed that farm workers could and must build their own union. I remember thinking then that with spirit like that. . . we had to win. No force on earth could stop us.