Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

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Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

Movies absorb our attention more completely, I think.

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people...

All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

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....

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 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...

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...

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's...

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it'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 Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack...

The Bush administration said today there is a lot of support for us to attack...