Most People Live Somewhere On The Spectrum

I Did A Comedy With Al Franken About His Character Stuart Smalley, Which Was Really About Alcoholism And Addiction And Codependency. It Had Some Painful Stuff In It. When We Showed It To Focus Groups, Some Of Them Actually Said, "if I Want To See A Dysfunctional Family, I'll Stay Home."

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.

When I've Written For Bill Murray - I've Written Six Films For Him - People Would Read It And Say, "oh, That's So Perfectly Bill." He'd Read It And Say, "are You Kidding? I Can't Say These Words." So It's All About Perception.

I Used To Be Married To A Woman Who Pursued Every Spiritual Trend With Tremendous Passion And Dragged Me Along. I Don't Believe In Anything. I'd Seen Mediums And Readers.

First And Foremost, You Have To Make The Movie For Yourself. And That's Not To Say, To Hell With Everyone Else, But What Else Have You Got To Go On But Your Own Taste And Judgment?