As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

Most of what's tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience's expectation.

Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.

In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.

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.

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

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