If the movie's not communicating, it's not working.

We are at this weird moment where there's an economic model that supports creativity. People are demanding something new and fresh.

I used to tour a little bit with Jim Carrey and help him out on his first Showtime special.

I wanted to see how funny I could be without making the choice that every 10 minutes something big and visual had to happen.

You can do weird things on TV - there are happy stories, sad stories, dark stories. But with a movie, it always has to end satisfying. Unless you're the Coen brothers, and it ends with somebody getting shot in the head.

When the entire country was watching one show there was a major discussion happening; is it possible for that to happen in a 1 million channel universe?

If you develop 10 things, and you can get two or three made, that's a very high ration.