"In my experience, the men of World War II, the vets of Vietnam, even guys coming back from Iraq, are..." — Edward Zwick

There's a great tradition of actors taking on parts of much less obvious sympathy.

Often, romantic comedies exist in a vacuum, and it's kind of odd.

I think most Americans probably believe that our relationship with Japan began in 1941. In fact, obviously, it began in 1854 when Commodore Perry sailed into Yokohama harbor and threatened to burn it down unless they would open up to trade with us. The imperial impulse was first ours historically.

If you take away scale, the nature of the story changes. I made a joke the other day: if I were to try to make 'Glory' now, rather than be about a regiment, it would be about a platoon. It would be seven men in the woods rather than all the men on the beach.