There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment because you say, well, I'll disappoint the audience, they may not like it, I better do something that I think is more commercial.

I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?

It's good to be the king.

When we got to our hotel rooms, mosquitoes as big as George Foreman were waiting for us. They were sitting in armchairs with their legs crossed.

When you get big special effects pictures, sci-fi and things, there's little or no comedy. Or it's a domestic comedy and there's not one special effect. But very rarely do these things fuse and come out right.

I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.