The most important question in American cinema, I've learned, is 'When is lunch?'
The tactic of leading people into... a war that doesn't make any sense by telling them they are under attack, and if they raise any objection they're unpatriotic, is a very old tactic. And it doesn't intimidate me.
I don't direct movies for a living.
Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious.
Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
Characters with no integrity are just as interesting as characters with lots of integrity.