Fahrenheit 9/11 took public domain information that should have been on the news every night and put it in a film that a lot of people went to see. But still Bush has never had to answer those charges.

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I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies...

I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies...

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs...

To this day, I get rewrite offers where they say: 'We feel this script needs...

Those are fun, especially if they're going to shoot them in four weeks, because you...

Those are fun, especially if they're going to shoot them in four weeks, because you...

I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what...

I've always felt like I was on the margins. Once upon a time that's what...

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they...

Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they...

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when...

I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when...

Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors...

Well, acting is cheap; I knew all these actors who weren't in the Screen Actors...

You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and...

You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and...

There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying, 'How can you...

There was a widespread indignation in the American media. They were saying, 'How can you...

But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay...

But compared to writing a novel, where you can be God, I did the Bay...

I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I...

I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I...

And it was out in the theaters in two weeks. This is not, 'We're going...

And it was out in the theaters in two weeks. This is not, 'We're going...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

There are genres I don't care for, and I've never worked in those genres, and...

There are genres I don't care for, and I've never worked in those genres, and...

In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're...

In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're...

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as...

When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as...

I figured, 'When is that ever going to happen again?'. So I basically set out...

I figured, 'When is that ever going to happen again?'. So I basically set out...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I...

I probably wouldn't have done as many as I did in one year, which I...

There were not fifteen people in the story department and twenty-five producers and stuff. And...

There were not fifteen people in the story department and twenty-five producers and stuff. And...