Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

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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...

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the...

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the...

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.

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...

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...

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 Academy is paranoid about its image.

The Academy is paranoid about its image.

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...

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...

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since...

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since...

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...

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

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

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 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...

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free...

Catholic theology believes that God gave man free will, and you can't give somebody free...

It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics....

It's a good question, because a movie isn't good or bad based on its politics....

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

I'm kind of glad the web is sort of totally anarchic. That's fine with me.

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.