I grew up on movie sets, I'm comfortable on sets. A movie set is like a circus. I don't understand why moviemaking has to be such an insane environment.

This is a movie more about spin and talk and lobbying than it is about cigarettes.

A lot of times when people are on campaigns, it can be like a movie set.

I still look at the poster and can't believe I directed this movie.

I grew up backstage and on movie sets, and I thought they were the most magical places on Earth.

I have a strange fascination with the Midwest. I'm waiting to find out that my parents are actually from the Midwest. I grew up in Beverly Hills, up the street, and I just feel comfortable there. I've shot in Minneapolis, in Detroit, in St. Louis, in Omaha - they would say they're the Plains, not the Midwest - and I love it.