David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.

The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.

Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.

Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.