We like to crystallize something in the audience's brain that makes them say, 'Hey I really want to watch that. I'm really interested in it.'

The problem with some stars is that they lose perspective about correct adult behavior. People laugh at everything they say and do. Nobody says, 'Chill out, man. That's out of line.'

I want to do something that people can really say, 'Hey, man, that was good, I'm proud of you, I'm proud of that.' 'Pride' and 'Transformers' and things like that.

To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.

I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them.

When I say I want to photograph someone, what it really means is that I'd like to know them. Anyone I know I photograph.