I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.

There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.

Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film's not rolling. There's constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, "Why did my line count drop?" It's a nasty tense environment.

Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.