I don't know that you can do it as a satire. I mean, the business is crazy enough as it is. It's like doing Wag The Dog - we took a thing that was almost completely absurd on one level, and then ultimately those things came about.

I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.

A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

They're intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can't do.

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