Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.

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, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.

I've gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.

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.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film