I'm not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don't know how to evaluate that.

I love having made a film and watching it when it affects audiences in a positive way. It was always fun for me to hide in the back of a theater and watch Tootsie with an audience and hear them laugh. And it's gratifying 20 years later to imagine that they still can find it amusing.

Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

My films ought to be judged on whether they're entertaining or good as films, but not on the political view necessarily. I'm trying to be morally responsible and no more. I don't have an agenda I'm trying to push.

Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies.

I'm not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don't know how to evaluate that.