Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.
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I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't.
'W.' is not necessarily a political film, but it was sort of a contrasting reality for me to get into George W. Bush as a character because of how I felt about his administration before I started making the film.
I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.
I didn't really get involved too heavily with being an actual film person.
I think of my films as not necessarily political but more moral. Between my father, my stepfather, and my mother - they all felt pretty passionately about the importance of standing up and doing the right thing, and none of them were suck-ups. What motivates me is usually abuse of power.
It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.
My own personal taste in films as a member of the audience was not completely in line with films I was doing.
But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.
Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.
I'm not a guy who takes films for strong political messages.
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