We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the human drama.

I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good.

Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.

I call it like the domino theory of reality. If you can go one step at a time and it seems to make sense, you can then take your audience into an area that is relatively outlandish.

I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it.

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.

I'm not sure I agree with the thesis, because I think that even though something grotesque or gross has been part of film since way back, what we accept or what we can get away with on the screen is broader now.