Parents tell us things to protect us, or they educate us from their own misinformation or misconceptions.

I want to explore marriage without the usual Hallmark Card platitudes. Life is difficult, and I like movies that acknowledge that.

I can't imagine a successful comedy movie without a successful comedy performance at the heart of it.

Whatever bliss we think we're going to find, we may find it in brief flashes, fleeting moments that come and go. There's an impossibility to nailing down any good feeling.

As much as I liked acting for its playfulness and the reward of hearing big laughs wash over you on a stage, I always felt I should do something that I could control.

I look for the meaning in what's funny, and I look for what's funny about things that are meaningful to me.

How one handles success or failure is determined by their early childhood.