I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics. — Rod Lurie Grew Copy Share Image
The freer a society becomes, the freer its arts can flourish and be exported. — Rod Lurie Art Copy Share Image
You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences. — Rod Lurie About 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 Good 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 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 don't think I'm equipped enough to be giving anyone a civics lesson or any kind of message. — Rod Lurie Enough 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
What makes a man is when you go against your own instincts to do to the right thing. — Rod Lurie Go 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
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 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
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
It's not such a bad thing to bring some naive optimism to Washington. — Rod Lurie Bad Copy Share Image
We need to get young people involved in the running of this country. — Rod Lurie Country Copy Share Image
I'm sure when 'Midnight Cowboy' came out, it took a couple of minutes to get used to the voice and the look… — Rod Lurie Cowboy 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
Unfortunately, in this country, when we have the opportunity to be bigots in private, we take it every time. — Rod Lurie Country 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 Awake at night Copy Share Image
There's a difference between 'political films' and 'films about Iraq.' — Rod Lurie About Copy Share Image
I came to the conviction that film criticism, in and of itself, was an art. — Rod Lurie Art Copy Share Image
