I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early 70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together and thought, How can we get a movie together and get distribution and create a new movie genre? We started by making satires of commercials.

Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is a God than that there isn't. I don't believe that Mother Theresa and Hitler go to the same place.

I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city audience, you've probably cut too loosely.

We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and the poster are so important.

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early 70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.

Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And currently I like Big Fish!