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

If people offer me decent roles in good films, of course I'll take it. But I just didn't like the actor lifestyle. You end up focusing all your energy on trying to get parts you don't even want.

Everyone has experienced laughing at a funeral, and not even inappropriately. It could be a response to a moment of absurdity or some fond memory. We're human beings so we understand that laughter and crying aren't always disparate emotions.

I've always had that overweening desire to be liked by the audience.

Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.

I've been directing for 25 years almost, and I've only directed nine films in that time because I like to be careful.

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