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.

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.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.

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

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

I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps. My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school. I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.