With Vietnam the Iraq War so many American films about war are almost always from the American point of view. You almost never have a Middle Eastern character by name with a story.
It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for...
My family is almost exactly like the one in 'Monsoon Wedding'. We are very...
I look for the humanity in people however big the politics or oppressive the...
In America we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world...
I often begin movies with music in my head it's a very important dimension to...
Marriage of attraction is a gamble anyway so you might as well marry into a...
I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope...
You know the sad thing of post-9/11 which was of course horrific was that...
We have three generations at home including my father-in-law. I keep a very...
New York City is home to so many people from so many places and the...
All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the...
There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing...
And of course in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans...
I am still profoundly troubled by the war in Nicaragua. The United States...
How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the...
I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake...