There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.

You can't rely on the acting to tell the story.

It's hard to write a good plot, it's very hard.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

Film is a collaborative business: bend over.