It's not such a bad thing to bring some naive optimism to Washington. — Rod Lurie Bad 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 Believe 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 I was a kid, my heroes were not baseball players nor movie stars. My knights in shining armor were film critics. — Rod Lurie Ball player 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 Find 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 Exist 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
'Commander in Chief' became a show not about why we should have a woman president but why we should not have a… — Rod Lurie About 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 Actress 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 Free 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
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'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 Behind 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
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 Good 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 Always 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
The truth is that we're not remaking Sam Peckinpah's 'Straw Dogs,' we're making 'Straw Dogs.' We're taking this story, and we're putting… — Rod Lurie Dustin hoffman Copy Share Image
A reckoning is coming on the state of the internet journalism, because right now, the way it's set up, there is so… — Rod Lurie Bloggers Copy Share Image
Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and… — Rod Lurie Informants Copy Share Image
Every weekend from, like, 1974 to 1978, I'd trudge over to the Greenwich library, which gathered up almost every major newspaper in… — Rod Lurie Day Copy Share Image
I think that most of the young officers I know are leftists and liberals and Democrats. And the reason is this: All… — Rod Lurie Help Copy Share Image
We are viewed by the world as a quasi-racist state in which we allow natural disasters to obliterate our minority community, in… — Rod Lurie Community Copy Share Image
The truth is that I have never created a president to push a political point of view. I am often looking to… — Rod Lurie Create Copy Share Image
I grew up during Watergate. I was enamored of the study of that. — Rod Lurie Education 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
There's a difference between 'political films' and 'films about Iraq.' — Rod Lurie About Copy Share Image
Finding out you're able to do something doesn't necessarily mean you want to do it. — Rod Lurie Able Copy Share Image
