As much as I like Michael Moore - and I'm on the same political side as him - I think his documentaries… — Rod Lurie Documentaries Copy Share Image
I have to admit that all of us creatively involved with 'Commander' absolutely intended to put the term 'Madam President' into the… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Somebody - and I'm going to guess it was Hitchcock - once said that everyone has their reasons. If you remember that,… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
We make movies to endorse our own personal feelings. I am not, in fact, a documentary filmmaker. I've got my personal beliefs,… — Rod Lurie Documentary Copy Share Image
The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I promise that if there was no Hillary Clinton, there would still be a 'Commander in Chief' - I want to have… — Rod Lurie Commander in chief Copy Share Image
I think that 'Straw Dogs' as a story is eminently re-makable. It can be modernized and Americanized without a problem and without… — Rod Lurie Giving Copy Share Image
Some nights I lie awake at night thinking, 'What's going to stop someone from smashing a chair through my window and coming… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The common denominator of the great women leaders in the world - Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir - is that they're… — Rod Lurie Common denominator Copy Share Image
The way that one feels about the story line of 'Deterrence' can tell us, I believe, about each person's conservatism or liberalism… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
What actor doesn't want to walk around a set and be called 'Mr. President?' Playing POTUS is a kind of rite of… — Rod Lurie Actor Copy Share Image
I loved going to the movies, especially when I was a teenager in the seventies. How couldn't you in what was perhaps… — Rod Lurie Cinema Copy Share Image
As for Kate Bosworth, I've always admired her. I watched her in a movie called 'Girl in the Park,' which has never… — Rod Lurie Acting Copy Share Image
Former soldiers will almost always gravitate to the anti-war party. This happens for obvious reasons. The men who have been in battle… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
In my mind, I'm no longer daunted by the idea of a remake. In fact, I now look at it as a… — Rod Lurie Film Copy Share Image
Sam Peckinpah's movies probably say more about him than anybody's body of work says about that person. There are running themes in… — Rod Lurie Body Copy Share Image
Hollywood is enamored of the 20- to 30-year-old actress, but by the very nature of the life experience of the character, the… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film,… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I was just nine years old when 'Straw Dogs' came out, so I can't really speak to the women of the time,… — Rod Lurie Dogs Copy Share Image
There was scarcely a month during 1988 when Thomas Harris' novel, 'The Silence Of The Lambs,' was not on or around the… — Rod Lurie America Copy Share Image
Most people with whom I talk, often quite educated, think the military is made up of knife-between-the-teeth grunts, uneducated robots without any… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
I thought I'd give myself 10 years as an entertainment journalist and build up so much clout that there was no way… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
Classically, throughout all of our history, the movies in times of crisis have turned to military figures as heroes, because they are… — Rod Lurie Crisis Copy Share Image
