I Always Thought That Bill Murray Was

I Believe That Improvisation Is Really Just A Directorial Tool. It's A Writing Tool. It's Not So Much That The Actors Get To Say Whatever They Want, Whatever Pops Into Their Head. It's An Opportunity To Write The Last Draft Of The Screenplay As You're Working On It.

In A Comedy It Helps Enhance Things That Were Already There.

There's Been An Amazing Backlash For The Last Decade In America: Political Correctness. In Many Ways, I Think That, While We've Been Remarkably Violent In Our Media, There's Been A Real Schizophrenia. In Private, On The Internet, And On Public-affairs Shows Or Talk Radio, We're Way More Explicit Than We've Ever Been. But Traditional Hollywood Has Been Much More Frightened Than It Ever Was In The '70s About Presenting Things That Could Be Perceived As Politically Incorrect.

I've Always Believed In Populating My Films With Characters Who We Like, Who We Have Some Warmth For, Who Have Warmth For Each Other, Who We Would Like To Hang Out With, Who We Emulate In One Way Or Another.

Much Of Romantic Relationships Today Have To Do When The People Are Not In The Same Room. Whether It’s Texting Or Emailing Or Facebooking, There’s A Kind Of Distance Between The Participants.