Some people have a fear of rejecting all the security that comes with family, church and state. They become fundamentalists.

Multiplicity was a movie that tested really well. People seeing the movie really liked it, but then the studio couldn't market it. We opened on a weekend with nine other films.

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

Well, for me, it's the relationship between comedy and life - that's the edge I live on, and maybe it's my protection against looking at the tragedy of it all. It's seeing life in balance. Comedy and tragedy co-exist. You can't have one without the other. I'm of the school that anything can be funny, if seen from a comedic point of view.

I'm not a believer in the pratfall. I don't think it's funny just to have someone fall down.

I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama.

Stand-up is every man for himself; you learn from hanging out at these clubs and watching other guys, and then trying not to be like them.