Comedy is essentially made by young men, or older men with some form of arrested development, for young men or immature older men.

I have tons of rescuing fantasies based on the movies I saw when I was growing up. I wanted to be Robin Hood and the Three Musketeers and the Scarlet Pimpernel.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression.

Find the most talented person in the room and if it's not you, go stand next to him. Hang out with him. try to be helpful.

I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy." I'll buy that.

I've never taken a script to the stage or to principal photography and said, "This is perfect. This is as good as it can possibly be." It's not Shakespeare, you know; you know it can probably be better.

Once you're alienated, you're on your own. That takes you to the world of the existential, where things just kind of float.