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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.