Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It had some painful stuff in it. When we showed it to focus groups, some of them actually said, "If I want to see a dysfunctional family, I'll stay home."

It doesn't take any longer to improvise 10 takes than it takes to shoot 10 takes of the same thing. It turns out to be just as responsible from a business point of view as anything else.

There's something very edgy about Bill Murray out there improvising.

I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions.

If you're doing six takes, instead of doing six variations on the same words, why not just throw out the words and make them up as you go along, if you're comfortable with it? It gives the movies a slightly rangier feeling, and more of an accidental feel, but it also makes them edgier.