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

That's one of the great things about DVD: In addition to reaching people who didn't catch the movie in theaters, you get to have this interaction of sorts.

No one will laugh at how great things are for somebody.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

Films are big hits when they touch a lot of people. Things are not funny in a vacuum, they're funny because we respond to some personal dislocation, some embarrassment, some humiliation, some pain we've suffered, or some desire we have.

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