When something so unjust as the black list happened, [Dalton Trumbo] would come to life in a certain way.

The success of the second 'Austin Powers' caught us by surprise a little bit. We had decided not to do even a second one, unless the audience wanted it and we could do something better.

I figure if it's turns out well the film will have its own momentum and will carry into the video release. So it's hard to really picture the DVD version when I'm in production.

I'm not one of these directors, so far, that wants to have a whole separate director's cut of these things. So far they've turned out to be kind of the length that they wanted to be.

I learn so much from watching films like that with commentary and then when you get to hear another filmmaker talk about their films it's a really great experience.

I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.

I think sequels should be earned and we won't do it unless the script is better than the first one.

The DVD does make it a little easier for myself to trim things that are otherwise very difficult to let loose of - knowing that they'll make it on the DVD.

We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it.

I'm developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything's possible.

When I'm shooting, really the audience I'm thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.

Los Angeles is a city made up of refugees from better cities.

What lies at the end of the life path? The answer is simple: Nothing lies over there! That’s why mankind must change the end of the road!

No man is rich whose expenditure exceeds his means and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.

Death is a dramatic accomplishment of absence; language may be almost as effective.

The words a leader speaks are important, of course. But how they're delivered can make all the difference, especially in tough times.

If the desires are not controlled now, later they will control you.

A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger.

All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.