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.

The one thing for sure is, I don't ever want to waste a movie. I don't ever want to waste effort.

When you screen it the first couple times, you're just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit. So you're doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it's working, and at that point, it's 50/50 as far as what's funny and what's working. Sometimes you'll put something in and it will just die so hard that it'll almost kill the movie.

I think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions.

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

Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

White-collar crime has been marketed - billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.