Well Washington DC what are you going to do. They think the capitol steps are the state of the art in comedy. You try to drag them into the 20th century let alone the 21st and they refuse to come with you.

I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself.

I've got an odd, negative bond with C. Montgomery Burns. He reminds a lot of people of bosses they've worked for. He certainly reminds me of someone I'm working for.

I'm not sure that there's anybody else that's as psychologically complex and who's given us this window into his soul that Nixon gave us. That's what I find absolutely addictive and seductive.

I was never into candy and games and clowns.

You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.

If you're going to do something that lasts 90 minutes, you can't really do it with stick figures.