Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we'd been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don't think people really saw this guy for what he was.

We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

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

I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to push it just a little bit faster.

I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.

Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.