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.

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

Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would be 'corporatism.' This was the definition in Webster's up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster's and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.

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.

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