Henry Ford once said that the greatest characteristic about Americans is they forget. I think with Kobe, in another year or two he'll be well on his way back to being the darling of Madison Avenue. The guy has a special gift for playing basketball.
I thought getting into steroids wouldn't work. I thought hard about the Sosa images in the end. If I got into it, it would have been in full force. I didn't skirt anything.
I was very lucky, because when I found the people I wanted to interview, everyone would turn me on to someone else, ... The old-timers were all anxious to talk about their experiences because it hasn't been documented other than in books.
To bring it up now, as an attempt to gain leverage and a better settlement during the divorce, is just reprehensible.
This was more difficult, ... because with Griffith, there was a story line. This was a piece of nonfiction information that I had to weave together.
Following mediation, both Alison and Howard, who care for each other very much, have amicably separated, ... They have come to an agreement and settled all of their concerns.
There's no mention of a lot of history. There's no mention of boat-lifting, either. I had to decide what will make it in the story. If I had four hours and not 97 minutes, I could have told a lot more.
I've tried to make a film about love and pride. Baseball became the love for these young men, and therefore we feel all of their ups and downs.
I've tried to make a film about love and pride.
It's a story about pride and love. Pride for your country and love for this game.
It was a triple prejudice, ... They didn't speak the language, so it was easy to say they were stupid.
It was much worse than the so-called negro. It's about a triple form of discrimination -race, language and culture.