I'm A Kind Of Private Guy.

I Grew Up On Movie Sets, I'm Comfortable On Sets. A Movie Set Is Like A Circus. I Don't Understand Why Moviemaking Has To Be Such An Insane Environment.

I Want My Audiences To Be As Open-minded As My Characters.

Comedy And Horror Are Cousins; They're Related. They Both Come From Storytellers Who Want To Specifically Affect The Audience And Elicit Specific Reactions During The Movie.

I Hate Movies That Tell People What To Think. I'm Proud That Democrats Thought 'thank You For Smoking' Was Their Film And Republicans Thought It Was Theirs. I'm Proud That Pro-choice People Thought 'juno' Was Their Film And Pro-life People Thought It Was Theirs.

I'm Not Going To Have A Perfect Career. It's Better To Be Billy Wilder And Make Lots Of Movies And Have Five Or Six Great Ones Than To Make So Few Movies That When You Make A Bad One It Crushes You.