Now that "W." is coming out on DVD, any stories you'd like to share about the film or reactions to it?
I don't think the country was ready for "W" when it first came out. Those on the left wanted Bush excoriated; those on the right never considered it would be a fair representation; those in the middle wanted to forget that they sat by while this the government killed millions of Iraqis, subverted the constitution and destroyed the economy. Americans don't like to look at themselves in the mirror of the present. We like movies about the past so we don't have to take responsibility for what we're doing and change it. It's a wonderful film, magnificently acted and as true as any other description of the disaster which was the Bush administration. The industry, the Academy and SAG just closed their eyes and tossed it away.
Any upcoming projects of yours that students should keep an eye out for?
The Screen Actors Guild has no contract with the producers and so the whole town is shut down. Independents can get a waiver to shoot and I will be doing on in June. "Spiderman IV" is on hold until the actors have a contract, so I'm working on a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear" to be done in York, England in 2010.