It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

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Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.

Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me...

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me...

Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our...

Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our...

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art...

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art...

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American...

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American...

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship...

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship...

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film...

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film...

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid...

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid...

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that...

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that...

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell...

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell...

Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws...

Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws...

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was...

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was...

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets...

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets...

I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.

I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run...

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run...

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who...

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who...

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but...

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but...