I want to figure out how we put California and America back on track - how we bridge this partisan divide that is so polarizing.
All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.
We have to have a national conversation about how police forces should interact with the African-American community, who happens to be paying their salary, who want to be served and protected, who these officers are take an oath to do so.
U.S. society doesn't want to play the role of international policeman.
I find that people want aggressive policing if they as a community feel they are part of it. They don't want aggressive policing if they feel it's being imposed upon them and they are a target.
I want to make sure that, not only in the Republican Party but in the body politic as a whole, people are aware of threats that remain to the United States.
People who champion Trump say they don't want politics-as-usual. But 'politic' is also an adjective. It means 'tactful and diplomatic.' It's necessary for an elected official to be politic.
I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena.
I don't want to say anything negative about anybody or anything or anybody's political beliefs. I've never done that. I've never tried to get involved in those things.
Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.
I just want to work with legislative council members from across the political spectrum to get things done.
If you want a politically incorrect conservative, that's me.
I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
Poll after poll shows that consumers want the right to know what's in their food and how it's produced. Because our food choices have such a significant impact on our lives, this is a trend that should be welcomed, not frustrated.
Predictability is boring! I want a book to take me someplace I haven't been before, show me sights I haven't seen, make me ponder questions I may not have pondered before.
I don't want to sing boring pop songs - I want to sing songs that are meaningful to me.
Now my music is kind of pop-rock, right? If I'm 25 and singing still, I don't want to be singing music like that.
Some of the guys in Stone Sour, I think they just want to be a radio band and write strictly for radio and try to be more of a poppy rock band. And that's not really what I'm into.
What we need more than anything else is an informed populace. I believe people want to be informed.
I'm loyal to Portland. I want to play my whole career here, but at any moment, they can decide we want somebody else.
