As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.

I was watching 'The September Issue' in the back of a theater in New York, and I thought, 'I know I really can do this with actors.'

Reality television has borrowed so much from the world of politics, whether it's alliances or voting or the kind of strategizing that's done. Anything like that came from politics well before it came from reality television.

We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.

Why do the police need to know where I am? In the hands of a benevolent government, they could be looking after your interests, but what if the next government isn't so benevolent?

For better or worse, the people who become leaders and decision makers in politics, law and business are going to come from schools like Princeton.

Leadership can change its mind; leadership can open its eye. Leadership can even be replaced.

You have to support the government, not to me personally; I do not want anyone cultivating loyalty to me. I don't like that.