There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we don't.

Quote by Steven Soderbergh

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I love caper films.

I love caper films.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had...

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had...

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're...

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're...

Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality,...

Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but that's not reality,...

Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is...

Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is...

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read...

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read...

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't...

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't...

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to...

A movie that costs only $1.6 million doesn't have to be a cultural event to...

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business...

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business...

In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that...

In Full Frontal and K Street, I learned to take advantage of the mobility that...

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong...

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong...

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.

I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very...

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very...

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one...

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one...

The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes...

The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes...

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they...

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they...

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film...

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film...