I'm a patriot, and I think democracy is the best system available. It's very flawed, but it works better than anything else.

I just always look for stuff that has a character-driven thing.

It seems like you can't actually have really bad hair or be bald and run for President of the United States.

In his life, [Dalton] Trumbo uses wit and comedy to fight these very high-stakes battles.

For Bryan [Cranston ] to go back in time and become this larger-than-life and somewhat theatrical guy, who performed his ideas and rhetoric in public in a melodic and flashy way, was a bit of a risk.

When we did the first sequel [of the Austin Powers] , it was on coattails of the first one doing so well when it was released on video, so we really didn't know what to do with the second plot.

My favorite laser disk ever was the laser disk for The Graduate, which had a commentary track that wasn't even the filmmakers, it was a professor, some film criticism guy who just happen to be this amazing commentator who went off into the whole theory of comedy.