You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because that's all people know how to do when they're improvising. If you notice shows that are improvising are generally people yelling at each other.

The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.

A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts!

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine.

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'

If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.