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" Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress. "

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" My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom. "

" I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked. "

" American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information. "

" I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships. "

" There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things. "

" You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing. "

" I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things. "

" I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything. "

" Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust. "

" Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out. "

" When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous. "

" It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia. "

" When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view. "

" I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff. "

" New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation. "

" I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit. "

" I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed. "

" Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown. "

" I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches. "

" I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night. "

" I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides. "

" I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media. "

" I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker. "

" Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative. "

" Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination. "

" There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy. "

" It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money. "

" It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry. "

" Every man dies. Not every man lives. "

" Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision. "