I actually have a good relationship with critics. You have to identify everything that you like and don't like that you see, and that's your job.

Big hooks have always been a part of American movie-making. So, to make a movie where you're just driving story through the characters without a high-concept is a challenge.

I'm drawn to more than I'm allowed to do or asked to do, or probably should do. My whole career has been comedy, of a kind. I guess I've always existed in that world.

If someone said, "Would you like to do the period drama?," I'd say, "Hell, yeah! I'd love to do that!" To dig into history and do a story in some period would be great.

Comedy is king. It has to be.

Believing in the project to a certain extent always makes things more affordable.

I think Black Eyed Peas are kind of unique in the ways they produce their songs. Their songs are very current.

When someone loves you, you can feel it from a far distance.

Begin to read, write, sing, dance, study, draw…!

I have a good house for hosting, so we had the barbecues, and some of the guys over for Thanksgiving, even Christmas.

I think I have an obligation to be kind to people in general, otherwise I'll feel crappy about myself.

I guess we romanticize the loser.

I always thought I was going to end up an old spinster, with my cats and fur coats.

Rumor with her ten thousand tongues is diffusing her uncertain sounds in almost every ear.

American business, while it does not frown on helping the human race, frowns on people who start right in helping the human race without first proving that they can sell things to it.

I'm hooked my friend to the boy who makes slaves out of men, and oh believe me, flying high in a friendly sky.

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