In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.

I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen.

We do nods to Charlie's Angels and Mission Impossible because they are popular with our fan base.

I prefer the smaller budget versus the bigger budget because the mentality that goes along with big budget filmmaking doesn't really suit me; the mind-set that money is the answer.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.

Comedy has a responsibility to be a voice of society, so within that, there's always going to be those that talk about those subjects and things that are going on in the world.

All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.

I put heavy emphasis on the characters.

You never really know until you put the movie in front of an audience. I am a big advocate of screenings, which are getting harder and harder to do nowadays.

The mind can never foresee its own advance

A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them...

Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers for each rage leaves him less than he had been before-it takes something from him.

Meditation is like a bath for the mind; it clears and refreshes our windows of perception, allowing more light, love, and happiness to flow into lives.

I'm always weeping at something or other.

Hollywood was always heartbreak town, though most of the world fancied it to be Shangri-La, King Solomon's mines, and Fort Knox rolled into one big ball of 24-karat gold.

Negative politics have always been around.

My point is, people really don't change very much.

I don't know why Christians keep fighting over which is better-singleness or marriage-when it seems rather obvious, both from Scripture and from Church history, that both can glorify God.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.