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

I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience.

The times change, and to the extent that comedy captures the spirit of the times, it will enjoy success.

It's like the old rule-if you introduce a gun into the first act of a play, it's going to be used in the third act. So if you do a movie about criminals, you have to accept there's going to be Some action.

At a certain point, you have to convince the actors that you've done the right thing. The way I work, if I can't convince them, I've got to move on. I can't coerce them or browbeat them.

I'm thinking of doing a marital comedy for one of the studios, but I want it to be so painful that it'll have a profound effect on married couples who see it together.

I learned over the years that it's easy to appear smart referencing things that people don't know.