It seems like magic is something kids start really young.

It's what I always dreamed of: that you can make TV and everyone would get out of your way and you follow your vision without watering it down.

I was a guest on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld, and I interviewed him when I was 15 years old-those moments really blow your mind.

Most people in the world of comedy at least are multi-hyphenates, so people who direct are also writers.

That's very important to me as well: presentation and how people perceive you, the visual of how things look, your posture. I learned that from [Bob] Fosse and Jerome Robbins, from all the great theater directors and the Busby Berkeleys. You overdeliver: visually, emotionally.

I often say that ... I'm just involved in comedy, so I can be around it.

You want the audience to get your movie, and you want the audience to like it. It's as simple as that. If they don't understand what you're trying to say, you've failed. Of course, you can't get 100 percent of the crowd to understand the movie, but you know when you've reached the people you want to reach.