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….

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….

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 ….

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….

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….

It's such a funny thing. Hollywood is terrible unless you happen to be a celebrity who's a Republican. So Ronald Reagan can be a Hollywood celebrity,….

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….

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 don't know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards. I just don't think it happens. So yo….

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….

The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ….

There was a time when I said, "I'm going to go do a television thing," after doing all these theatrical films, and heard, "Television? Why are you go….

I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television s….

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….

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….

I'm emotionally invested in every movie that I do, period, because you've got to make that commitment. You're spending a year, 18 months of your life….

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….

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….

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

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

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….