I've got to find a compromise where I don't feel compromised. I've got to find something equally good that they don't feel uncomfortable with. At a certain point, it's no longer about what I thought was right, but it's about this new discovery that happens with the actors. It's nice when the actor is also a writer.

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.

There's something very edgy about Bill Murray out there improvising.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

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

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.