There's a rebel lying deep in my soul.
I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.
They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit. I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks.
I'm a mentor to anybody who's interested.
Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth.
You make a movie, and if somebody reads something into it, then great, more power to him.
On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made.
In 'Changeling,' I tried to show something you'd never see nowadays - a kid sitting and looking at the radio. Just sitting in front of the radio and listening. Your mind does the rest.
I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.
Society is at odds with itself.
I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you.
Some people feel that the world owes them a living.
I just make the pictures and where they fall is where they fall. If somebody likes them, that's always nice. And if they don't like them, then too bad.
My mother always told me it wasn't polite to ask what people make.
Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.
The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.
A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.
I loved the fact that Obama is multi-racial. I thought that was terrific, as my wife is the same racial make-up.
