When you're making your 20th movie, it might be the 20th most incredible thing that's ever happened to you!

And I like the passion that people have when they're trying to prove they can make a movie or be a movie star.

People talk about universal intelligence ... I'm reticent to believe almost anything, just because my parents weren't religious at all, but that's when I feel it. People talk about being in the "flow."

I was very combative as a creative person at that time [while The Ben Stiller Show]. I didn't understand how to play politics with the studios. I didn't know how to creatively collaborate with the people who were paying the bills, and that came up all the time on every project I was doing, and it took me a really long time to figure out how to collaborate in a healthy way.

There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors.

I was listening to Tommy Chong talking about how he feels like there is like a creative flow happening and how certain people just know how to hook into the pipe. He played music with Jimi Hendrix and felt that he was personally connected to some higher intelligence or creativity.

It seems like magic is something kids start really young.