We're all real people with moments of intense honesty and pathos and humanity. We all experience that, whether you're comedic or not.

Don't say you're going to stop eating red meat when you like red meat.

In the end, the thing that really stays with you is not that you were clever enough to connect a sketch to another sketch, but what really sticks with you is when you just have an incredible moment happen, or execute a really funny idea.

I think independent movies are actually very challenging right now, because it was this huge scene and it was great for a few years. Then, it was totally co-opted by the studios. Now, it's become very corporate, the independent scene.

You can't guarantee that you'll make a great movie, but you can make a greater effort than I made at trying to see that the basics are there.

If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.

I pretty much read reviews and comments only looking for the negative. Literally, when I read positive comments, it's like a zero. I think the issue is if you agree with it or not.