I think it's a promising time which will show a lot of diversification that we've seen in the past.

I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

There's no downside to having too much experience.

You don't always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.

A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can't truly define why something succeeds.

I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.

When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.

Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things.

Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

Do I make up some ‘god’ in my mind, or do I make up my mind to know God?

Vision is oxygen for companies.

I believe we could both maintain growth and increase, both in quality and quantity

So cute how you called out for Damen after conjuring that chaste little love scene in your head.

We didn't name Birdie before she was born. When she came out I said, 'I think we gotta go with Birdie, I think that's her name.'

Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.