Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.

I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen. So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.

I'm always stunned when I find out people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?

Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.

We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.