If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.

If all else fails, you can always be a pro.

The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers. In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.

In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.

Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to push it just a little bit faster.

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.