I have a great respect for the moviegoing experience. It's such a unique thing. You're not getting up and walking around the house or flipping channels during the dull parts. You're in a dark space, and the movie fills most of your field of vision. You're surrounded by sound, and the colors are deeply saturated, and faces are fifteen feet high. If it's done well, you're really going to feel some big emotions or have some big belly laughs.

I learned over the years that it's easy to appear smart referencing things that people don't know.

When someone's an actor and you're an actor, you meet them and you feel like you know them. We're in the same business, and we all speak the same comedy language.

I think of myself as a real writer, not just someone who dabbles in it, so I deserve some credit.

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

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.

I'd rather do comedies that strike at some bigger ideas.