Art school is a very difficult thing to run in a generous, humane way, because academic power is somehow very corrupting.

I have always been uncomfortable with a series of movies. I hate that word 'franchise' - it always makes me think of French fries. What I felt each time was that we were going for broke, that this was going to be the last in the series. You can't count on anything.

I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.

I love working with young people and young filmmakers, and I love working on first films. I think it's cool. It's fun. I just take it as it comes.

I still am in touch with several friends from high school. I don't go to reunions much. I'm afraid that if I go back to the school, they'll suddenly go, 'You know what? We've checked the records and you still have one more French class. Get back in here.'

I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.

Secretly, I had always wanted to go to Vegas, and have my own really bad act!