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

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

Most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.

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

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

I realized that my righteous indignation was a form of entertainment for me. I loved getting pissed off at injustice. I didn't do anything about it, I just liked the feeling of being pissed off.

Groundhog Day was pretty clean. It may have to do with some puritanical feeling that comedy is a forbidden pleasure in a certain way. They make you laugh, and laughter is somehow an inferior emotion to tragedy.