When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.

One of the great things about doing animated movies is that you don't have to dress up or put on make-up.

I definitely think of myself still as a writer first, and feel like - with the lucky exception of this - any acting opportunity I've gotten is usually because I was writing on it. This is like a wonderful vacation. If you've ever sat in a writers' room it's the most disgusting, tortuous place, so it's a treat to be treated like a movie actor.

I hire people that are good, and aren't crazy. Or assholes. Because that takes up too much time. There are just as many good people who are not crazy.

I believe in process. I believe that having a really difficult process is more valuable than a good outcome.

It's easy to fall into the trap of just cranking out things that are good enough to sell.

Doing one movie every two years is about all I can handle 'cause, being the creator at '30 Rock', my year there starts in the middle of June and goes back around until March.