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

I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

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

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

I always give myself a little part in every movie.

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.

It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you're not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don't agree with that.