Different reactions while film test screening doesn't mean even the audience thinks ambiguity is a bad thing. But if you're asking them right away to start checking things off, they don't know what to do. I think at their best, it applies to when the audience knows what it is. Then, when they say, "Oh, well, I thought it was too boring in blah-blah-blah part," then you better pay attention to it. It's like going for the hamburger. Better be the good hamburger I went for.

Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you're always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason - not even pointing fingers, it just is.

I'm fascinated by documentaries, to begin with. Because of the nature of television, as opposed to theatrical, documentaries can be in this long form and take you on a journey.

I think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.

It's always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.

I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong.

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.