“The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.”

“There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.”

“First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.”

“The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.”

“If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.”

“Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.”

“Sony is the coolest studio. They are really amazing. I think part of it comes from they're not an American corporation. They don't work by quite the same rules. And their studio heads have a lot of autonomy.”

“Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.”

“Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.”

“McCain is the kid who was really cool in middle school but never got high school game and people are sick of him acting like he's still popular.”

“Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.”