When you're working with movie stars, part of the deal is that, if they have something to say, you'd better listen. You don't have to absolutely listen and not talk, but there is another creative force at work, and to be successful working with movie stars, you have to bring that force to work for you. You have to find something that's comfortable for them, and at the same time, that's in the parameters of what you're trying to do yourself.

The real trick for me as a director is to make sure that people don't start pushing because the harder you push as a perform the less funny it becomes.

It's sort of the most important thing for acting, is to listen to the person you're dealing with.

Well, actually, I did start out in comedies. Very, very early.

I think if people want to see pure sex in the movie, they have the Internet and the extraordinary things are available.

A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.