The great leaders are like the best conductors - they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players.
We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I...
I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances...
President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had...
I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going...
I like four-hour movies.
I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody they can't. But what they...
There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think...
I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels they're not...
I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for...
I think these movies are as much for people of that time as for people who...
Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There...
I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of...
When I make a film I'm away from home for two to three months. So I want my...
I like American history.
When I read Thirteen Days I was moved by it. It was just a great time for the...
We all have that burning question about what happens if we lose somebody we...
I know I have this level of celebrity of fame international national...
Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.
I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately dreams are our first casualty in life...
Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.
I've had some movies that have been ridiculed but that's OK with me. I don't...
I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then...
