I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out

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The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling...

The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling...

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film...

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film...

If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number...

If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number...

I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to...

I think that probably the - I don't give quotes to studios. They have to...

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American...

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American...

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is...

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is...

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars...

If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars...

But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday.

But the fact is, most people are not going to be rich someday.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of...

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of...

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different...

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different...

By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making...

By going to the movies, and because of other things, too, going to college, making...

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which...

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which...

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not...

A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not...

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

Everything makes me nervous - except making films.

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership -...

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership -...