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

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

I've got to find a compromise where I don't feel compromised. I've got to find something equally good that they don't feel uncomfortable with. At a certain point, it's no longer about what I thought was right, but it's about this new discovery that happens with the actors. It's nice when the actor is also a writer.

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

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.