For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

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

For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

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

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 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.