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

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.

For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film

It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.

I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.