Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can po….

As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom..

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get….

Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed..

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

The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leavin….

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

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

Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would….

There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent..

We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it's just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was ca….

I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens..

Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny..

Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can..

Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie..

I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to lea….

White-collar crime has been marketed - billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it..

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

If all else fails, you can always be a pro..

As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something..

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..