There's such an aggressively apolitical movement in the US that anything that smells of being political - even the term "political" is so ridiculous, when you think about it. The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that's what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.

Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.

I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.

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

There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

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.

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.