If you've ever made up something on the spot and made somebody laugh, you can credit Jonathan Winters with inspiration.

I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life.

Anytime a movie lasts, it's really a thrill. I mean, that people can still pick up on it, and still enjoy it, that makes you feel great.

I was certainly a child of the '60s, and I came out of that era, and as a young actor, I got cast as a lot of counterculture hippie types.

We agreed that we cannot let personal political attacks get in the way of doing the very best we can for California's children.

Usually, I have in mind what I want to do. I shoot pretty economically, so I'm not shooting tons of stuff that I could change, all that much. I'll cut something or add a little something back, but not too much. This is maybe the producer part of me, but I'm always worried about the budget, so I shoot what I know I need to shoot for the film.

I think Jews are the smartest people in the world