It's what I always dreamed of: that you can make TV and everyone would get out of your way and you follow your vision without watering it down.

For a long time, TV was just the land of handsome, beautiful people, and now it's the opposite.

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

I loved the idea that I could write a joke and someone else would have to take the risk of performing it.

Sometimes you need to get away for a few weeks just to figure out who you are again.

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

I remember the review from Michael Wilmington in Chicago, and Gene Siskel wrote really smart reviews where I thought, "Oh, they totally get what we're attempting to do."