Judd Apatow

I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians.

There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors.

To me, I've never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men.

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.