So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.

In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you had to be there for quite a while.

Decisions made in real time are never perfect.

If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.

When people and animals die, they stay with us in our minds.

Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books.

It's either the Amendment or this Confederate peace. You cannot have both.

Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries.

I don't think I could've carried the weight that Murrow carried.

Vision leads to proper planning and proper planning leads to successful completion.

His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere.

I realize that I'm generalizing here, but as is often the case when I generalize, I don't care.

There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

I consider the Chinese government's policy among the most intelligent in the world.

No real-world human being brings to the U.S. presidency the range of attributes necessary for full success in the job.

You can build a brand very fast now, especially with bloggers and how fast images can get out - the message just goes out faster and stronger than ever before.

A modest woman has good children.

Alex [Kendrick] and I started out the whole film-making journey as a desire to reach people for Christ and try to impact their lives for him.

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.