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

You do understand that you can't force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience along, whether it be a storyline or a character moment that we can play out. The more experience you've had, the more beneficial it is, period.

I always think that there is the good and the bad of it all.

Producers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power. It's the appearance they might, but they don't. Even the actors don't. Even the studio heads don't, because they're beholden to this corporation and what the corporation wants. So no one really has the power, and everybody's trying to get through the day, and everybody's nervous and desperate.

I don't know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards. I just don't think it happens. So you have to prepare an audience.

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

I thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, "We're just the mayonnaise."