I think he learned his lesson thats its better to open your mouth and say nothing at all then open your mouth and express honest thuoghts.
Politicians and CEO's have been perfecting this since the Roman empire
He's not even saying nothing. Nothing would be "we aren't revealing info on the number of story missions right now."
Here's another gem:
Smith: I think there are some good smiles to have with the Zavala and the Eris interaction. I think there’s some fun characterfulness and toneful work that we’re doing. That really is an outcropping of what we started to do in The Dark Below where you met Eris, and you met the scream queen Omnigul, and Crota, and then we have those other two characters in The House of Wolves, Petra and Variks. Weaving those characters into the backdrop of you as a monster-killing machine is something we’re playing with.
Schreier: Is Peter Dinklage ever coming back?
Smith: We’re not talking about any of the voice acting or casting.