I look at 'Straw Dogs' as a very imperfect movie. It's a little bit slow, and its themes are a little bit… — Rod Lurie Dogs Copy Share Image
There was never a day at West Point where I didn't ask myself, 'Where would I put the camera?' — Rod Lurie Camera Copy Share Image
I remember watching movies like 'Fatal Attraction' and watching the audience go bananas at the end of the film. — Rod Lurie Cinema Copy Share Image
We need to get young people involved in the running of this country. — Rod Lurie Country Copy Share Image
You will never - and I mean never - be able to figure out if I was an Obama guy or a… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I met Joan Allen at an L.A. Film Critics Awards' dinner, and I said, 'I want to write a movie for you.' — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
'Nothing But the Truth' is a journalistic thriller that is set during the end of days for print media. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason - our most cherished right. But it often creates muddy and uncomfortable… — Rod Lurie Amendment Copy Share Image
You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences. With both comedies and movies that are intense, you need… — Rod Lurie Audience Copy Share Image
If I have to answer one more time, 'Why did you want to remake 'Straw Dogs?'' with the emphasis on the word… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I often found that my favorite scene that I shoot is often one that I cut out, like in 'The Last Castle'… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
People tend to forget about nuclear weapons. We think they are going to remain in silos for the rest of time. As… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
He may not have been a good actor, and I personally don't think he was a good president, but I'll tell you… — Rod Lurie Actor Copy Share Image
Marc Frydman and I are overwhelmed by the confidence Touchstone Television has shown in us, and we're thrilled to continue trying to… — Rod Lurie Confidence Copy Share Image
I grew up with an infestation of politics. I'm just nuts about it. It's our form of gladiators in the arena, only… — Rod Lurie Gladiators Copy Share Image
I'll tell you this: you can look at all the masculine toughies you want - the Ben Roethlisbergers, the Russell Crowes, the… — Rod Lurie Action Copy Share Image
Sometimes, anonymous sources, when merely stating opinions or running a smear campaign, are certainly cowards. — Rod Lurie Anonymous Copy Share Image
Finding out you're able to do something doesn't necessarily mean you want to do it. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I shot part of 'Resurrecting the Champ' in Denver, and I spent a summer going to survival school in Colorado Springs. — Rod Lurie Colorado Copy Share Image
Just because the boogeyman of the Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, it doesn't mean the world is living angelically. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The truth is that when a man has a child, and it's a girl, and he doesn't change as a man, he's… — Rod Lurie Change Copy Share Image
'Commander in Chief' became a show not about why we should have a woman president but why we should not have a… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I believe Sam Peckinpah is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and I hold him in high regard. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I do have this belief that we all have a chance to be great, beautiful people based on how we are raised… — Rod Lurie Beautiful Copy Share Image
When you do a freeze frame, you have the opportunity to find the exact shot that you want - no guessing. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my heroes were not baseball players nor movie stars. My knights in shining armor were film critics. — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right… — Rod Lurie Business Copy Share Image
There are a lot of westerns that deal with people standing up for their principles, and that is the predominant theme that… — Rod Lurie Integrity Copy Share Image
The ability of the press to print their stories without the government trying to get them to betray their sources is as… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
There seems to be an interest in connecting the history of the past to the present and asking whether things have really… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
'Monsters of God' isn't just a series close to my heart; it is my heart, and I am very much looking forward… — Rod Lurie Close to my heart Copy Share Image
I think people were a little premature in writing off violent movies. They're going to continue being made, and audiences will continue… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When you make a movie like 'Straw Dogs,' your goal is to have people's eyes remain glued to the screen. It serves… — Rod Lurie Eyes Copy Share Image
I fell in love with 'Ben Hur' when I was 8 years old, and I just knew I had to be involved… — Rod Lurie Ben hur Copy Share Image
Anything about Iraq is a death sentence at the box office... You can't make movies about an unpopular war while the war… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
When you hire Sam Jackson, he'll figure out the character, and he'll figure out the character's look, and he'll provide it to… — Rod Lurie Action Copy Share Image
