I Met Someone Who Said They'd Figured

I'd Like To Think I'd Never Do A Gratuitous Fart Joke.

At A Certain Point, You Have To Convince The Actors That You've Done The Right Thing. The Way I Work, If I Can't Convince Them, I've Got To Move On. I Can't Coerce Them Or Browbeat Them.

Somebody Once Told Me That If You Laugh At A George Bush Joke, Or You Send An Email Cartoon To Your Friends That Makes Bush Look Like A Fool, You Feel Like You've Done Something Significant. But Really, What Have You Actually Done? Just Expressing Contempt For Your Leaders Doesn't Really Accomplish Anything.

It's Like The Old Rule-if You Introduce A Gun Into The First Act Of A Play, It's Going To Be Used In The Third Act. So If You Do A Movie About Criminals, You Have To Accept There's Going To Be Some Action.

The First Comedy Screenplay That I Wrote Was Animal House And I Always Thought I Could And Should Be A Director But No One Was About To Give Me That Opportunity On Animal House.