Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Judy Garland was just so delicious in every way and just so honest and generous.

Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

This is government. There is no entertainment.

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

Know that you can make a difference in the world by being true to yourself, and moving in the direction of your dreams!

By just looking at the dark side of life, you cannot make it bright!

If you're going to draw a comic strip every day, you're going to have to draw on every experience in your life.

I'm pretty sure no one's reading action scripts saying, 'This has got to be Ed Helms.'

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.

I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up.

The difference between directing film and directing television is so stark simply because TV is a living breathing organism already when you direct an episode.

Why not go down the pub? A guy once came up to me at a gig and asked me if I had MySpace. I said, 'This is my space, and you're invading it.'

'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.

I felt sidelined by the industry, by the preoccupation with finding something newer, younger.