If one got too concerned with motivation, his eyes would kind of roll. He and John have collaborated before, so there was a good shorthand there.

Why should I ever get fed up talking about my father? He was a brilliant, colorful man who left us with thousands of memories. Most people remember his films, but I've got anecdotes and advice and episodes of real life tucked away inside my head.

Sometimes film is just the family business. Some families are generations of carpenters or farmers, or they make clothes, or they're all lawyers. I'm in the family business.

I think that John is also making that point to the American voter who feels that he can't make a difference because it's all too rotten, that if one is inquisitive enough, then maybe that spark can be ignited,

I'd been in Kenya previously working on The Constant Gardener ,

Nick was wonderful to have around because he's just such a straight talker,