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I felt grand juries were illegal and coercive.

I've served on five different juries, and many of them were bonkers in their own way.

Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.

I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about.

The time has come for professional jurors.

Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between parties, and sell the rights, and violate the liberties of the people. Jurors, on the other hand, are exposed to none of these temptations.

Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.

I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.

Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them.

Sometimes we'd have to climb a tree and pick our own whips to be disciplined with. When you had to pick your own whip, you knew you were in for it.