My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club.

Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

We are all several different people. There are different aspects of our nature that are competing.

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

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

My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club.

You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances.