Usually I Don't Like To Act In

The Problem We Have Right Now In Washington Is We Don't Have The Face Of A Leader.

Albert [brooks] Was Rare In That He Could Make Adults Laugh. He Was A Prodigy. At Age 15 And 16, He Could Make My Dad Laugh Uncontrollably. And Whenever We Had Parties, Some Of The Funniest People Of My Generation - Whether It Was Billy Crystal Or Robin Williams Or John Belushi - Would Be Doing Shtick.

I Guess As I Get Older, I'm Kind Of Getting Drawn To The Things That I Really Love The Most, Which Is Trying To Figure Out Ways Of Blending Politics With Humor, And Making It Interesting. So I Don't Know If Anybody's Interested In This Stuff, But I Like It, So I Get Involved With It.

I Hate Those Movies Where Hundreds Of People Get Blown Up And There Are Jokes Afterward. They Poison The Soul.

I Think For Every Parent, They Know Their Kids Better Than Anybody Else, And They Have To Just Trust Their Own Instincts.