“I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of …” — Mel Brooks

I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.