Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

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.

It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.

Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.

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

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.