Even back in the '90s, I shot certain things on something that wasn't digital then, but it was on VHS with a smaller camera and we would up it to fil….

I think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became..

We're never going to be the ultimate-insider look. You can do 50 insider looks at this Hollywood business, and the satire didn't intrigue me. I think….

If you test Iron Man and that audience doesn't respond well, you can be damn sure that there is something wrong with the movie that you have to addre….

You do understand that you can't force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience along, whether it be a s….

Sarah Palin kept talking and talking, and the more she talks, the less compelling she can be. People say, "She's a very good politician, very deft at….

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 Ame….

Ronald Reagan was this actor who was going to be president, and he was very charming. What he had was, he talked about America in ways that got peopl….

I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand pu….

All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behavi….

Producers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power. It's the appearance they might, but they….

I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong..

Creative differences are legendary in this movie business, so we're really not exploring the creative-difference aspect as opposed to the money aspec….

I'm fascinated by documentaries, to begin with. Because of the nature of television, as opposed to theatrical, documentaries can be in this long form….

A lot of people have done things over the years and made fun of people in one way or another. When I was a kid, Vaughn Meader used to do John F. Kenn….

They're intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can't do..

I don't know what Bruce Willis has done in real life. We know actors have certainly had tirades - that's for sure. I never had troubles with him, but….

I would give the cameras to the kids in the swimming pools and they would play with them, and then I would collect them and we would upload it. If yo….

Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you're always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason - not even point….

It's always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie..

I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it's getting..