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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I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't...

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get...

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get...

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...

The Academy is paranoid about its image.

The Academy is paranoid about its image.

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...

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.

Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews....

Because I don't give the studios advanced quotes or an advanced look at my reviews....

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

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...

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took...

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took...

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...

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...

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

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...

It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White...

It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White...

I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterday's...

I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterday's...

Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from...

Because the Bush Administration will set no timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from...

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.

The Republicans in the House and the Bush administration are bankrupting this country.