When you're 20 you can put a ton of old-age prosthetics on and be an old guy, but when you're 70 you can't play a 20-year-old.

I've always tried to have a rule that you shouldn't make fun of innocent people who can't defend themselves. I find that a little unseemly and distasteful. But nothing's really sacred to me.

I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.

It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.

I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.

You can't guarantee that you'll make a great movie, but you can make a greater effort than I made at trying to see that the basics are there.

Being comedic is a skill, because there is a fine line where the context is important. And being dramatic is just being honest and real in that moment.