The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story whether in print orating writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.

The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story whether in print orating writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.

I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of.

I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of.

Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything – whether religion or something as inane as our flicks.

Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything – whether religion or something as inane as our flicks.

Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me for some odd reason it goes deeper than that.

Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me for some odd reason it goes deeper than that.

I'd see movies comedies and I loved 'Animal House' I loved all the John Hughes stuff but I never saw me and my friends totally represented.

I'd see movies comedies and I loved 'Animal House' I loved all the John Hughes stuff but I never saw me and my friends totally represented.

In anything I've ever written all the characters sound like me which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.

In anything I've ever written all the characters sound like me which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.

It's too expensive that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not.

It's too expensive that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not.

I just love movies so suddenly you're political about movies and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.

I just love movies so suddenly you're political about movies and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.

You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is it's so crushing.

You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is it's so crushing.