Everything in comedy's got to be exactly right, which is why making a comedic film is kind of a difficult process, because, for most of the two years of shooting it and editing it and reshooting and all of that, it's not quite right. And it's only when you just at the end, you put the final polish on it, it becomes really funny again.

I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

If I like chocolate it won't surprise you that I have a few chocolates in my fridge, but if you find out I've got 16 warehouses full of chocolate, you'd think I was insane. All these rich guys are insane, obsessive compulsive twits obsessed with money - money is all they think about - they're all nuts.

Laughter is a force for democracy.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.

Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies