When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.

If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect.

So I think if you're happy with your brain, you're powerful.

Someone asked me "what do you think of Donald Trump?" And I said, "I would rather vote for Hillary Clinton in jail." If she gets convicted, I'll vote for her for president.

There's nothing funny about flying to Houston.

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.