I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really gr….

I wish I was sort of someone like Woody Allen who can stage everything in one long master shot, no coverage; just, you know, that's it..

John Wayne was just a very conservative guy, who had not served in World War II, and he was defensive about that - he almost overcompensated his anti….

This is a movie version of the play [All the Way]and when Bryan [Cranston] was on stage the bigness of the man was played to the back of the house. W….

[Dalton] Trumbo wrote this incredible pamphlet, almost on the level of Tom Paine's 'Common Sense,' called 'The Time of the Toad.' It's an exquisitely….

That's why we had Louis C.K. portray the harder line Communist, to accuse [Dalton] Trumbo of being a hypocrite..

I do understand the free market, having my economics degree, and if someone on the right had some good ideas, I'm not so dogmatic that I wouldn't lis….

When we had ideas that earned there way in [Austin Powers], it began to get okay. The hook for me was 'Mini-Me.' We only auditioned one guy - Verne T….

I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than si….

To his credit John Wayne was open about it, he even portrayed a member of the House UnAmerican Activities Committee in a film called 'Big Jim McClain….

It's hard to believe that these self-centered people have nuclear weapons that they can fire at any moment. Even modern wars are fought like revenge ….

I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing..

When we did the first sequel [of the Austin Powers] , it was on coattails of the first one doing so well when it was released on video, so we really ….

From our perspective now, there is a not a huge understanding about the totalitarian Communism that Soviet Russia practiced during the 1950s - it was….

I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science..

Bryan [Cranston] created something completely unique, that was earned by its authenticity. That's what gave us the license to push it a bit..

The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted ….

Dalton Trumbo was constantly criticizing the membership [in the Communist Party], and was opposite to being a loyalist..

Mini-Me was the pint sized clone that was the perpetuation of Dr. Evil's own legacy [in Austin Powers]. That concept earned the sequel..

John Wayne was never shy about that fervor, but because he was never overly zealous about his politics, and of course his status as a movie, he was e….

Dalton Trumbo actually was [ a hypocrite], because he liked his wealth, which was against the grain of being a Communist. I put title cards at the he….