You've got to think about how to do things for the right price. You have to shoot in different places to be creative and get tax rebates.

Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job.

Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world.

Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body.

Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.

At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities.

I love that feeling of going into a packed theater.