All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.

The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it.

If you look at 'Avatar,' could you imagine if you did 'Avatar' for 50 million dollars? It would be ridiculous! You would almost be getting laughs from the audience, unless you got a real indie director to do something incredibly stylised.