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

I was the little guy who knew how to tie a necktie. It came from having absentee parents. They were tremendously loving and caring people who, by circumstance, had to go to work.

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

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

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

Most people live somewhere on the spectrum of anxiety and depression.

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.