The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.

On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I do the last draft, which gives me a chance to incorporate anything the actors have come up with during the rehearsal period, so I'm very inclusive as a writer.

My mum died about three years ago at the age of 101, and just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time.

I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

He who laughs most, learns best.

Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.