I think that 'Straw Dogs' as a story is eminently re-makable. It can be modernized and Americanized without a problem and without giving up any artistic integrity.
'Commander in Chief' became a show not about why we should have a woman president but why we should not have a woman president.
There was never a day at West Point where I didn't ask myself, 'Where would I put the camera?'
Some nights I lie awake at night thinking, 'What's going to stop someone from smashing a chair through my window and coming in the house at two in the morning?' It is very unnerving. It's a realistic scare, which is the worst kind of scare that you could have.
The United States military is probably the most socialistic institution in the United States.
I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems.