So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.
I'm like, 'What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?
I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't.
People don't care about what someone says about you in a movie - or even what you say, right? They care about what you build. And if you can make something that makes people's life better, then that's something that's really good.
When a movie is being rolled out, the studio publicists and all our individual publicists get together and come up with bullet points and talking points - 'Make sure you stay away from this,' and 'Don't say that quite that way, because that quote can be taken out of context,' and that kind of thing.
I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?
I think if people who are attacking me or against me, if they would just watch one of my films, they would - they may not agree with me politically on all the things I'm saying. But they will know at the end of the film that I love this country and that I have a heart. And they'll have a good laugh throughout the film.
Movies have power. Power to impact society and the choices we make. I want to entertain, but I also want to say something to the world.
I do not quote my own movies. I think I would be pretty insufferable if I did.
Unless you write your own movies... you can't really say what you want to say.