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I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible.

When a director is also a writer, everyone on the production looks to him, knowing he gave birth to the idea. There's a different level of viability.

From Peter Landesman

Once you turn on the camera, making a movie is making a movie. I don't care if it's $9 million dollars or $50 million dollars. You have bigger toys, bigger set, actors who are better paid, but once you turn on the camera, it's director and performance, and I don't find a big difference.

From Peter Landesman

You have to find the movie in the editing room, and it can't be four hours; it has to be two hours.

From Peter Landesman

My personal sources in the intelligence community and the military are very good. They're excellent. I have very high-up, in-depth sources.

From Peter Landesman

When you're researching something for a movie, you get a very different kind of reaction than when you're researching something for an article for 'The New York Times.'

From Peter Landesman