David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to push it just a little bit faster.

Lovers are like kids

You need songs that make you feel. Some make you string, some make you weak. Some build determination, some tear you apart. But you need all of those...Run through the pain.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.

The world went mad and used us as an excuse.

Believe you receive in the faith realm, and you shall have it in the natural realm.

Certainly, it's very easy to fall in love with cash. If you're going to make all your decisions based on cash, you're going to have a pretty naffy career.

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

When I work out, I feel happy, confident, and accomplished.

Welcome to the U.S. Capitol: Watch for falling expectations.