With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism.

I'm always talking to people. It's not that complicated. I just find somebody and say, "Do you have any ideas." If they do, we just start thinking things around.

I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.

Sometimes, something seems dead, and then out of the blue, someone just figures out the way to fix a script and it goes.

With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism.

Some people make movies and think, "Well, I'll just keep asking for more money if this isn't enough." And then there are other people, like Clint Eastwood, who always come in under budget.

I bring people on to the movies to type and to help punch up and look at things. But a lot of it is, you want fun people to be around, to put you in a good mood, to try and access your creative place.