Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.

I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!

Comedy people are always present because they're always looking for the funniest version of whatever the line is. Sometimes theater people, where scripts are sacrosanct, aren't quite as present in scenes. That's a massive generalization, but in my experience, I find that comedy people are great to improvise with and to do scenes with because they're there.

I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs.

The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers.

Success is absolutely intoxicating. I've seen people behave in ways that seem very far from how they would behave normally.

I come from a musical kind of family.