I wanted to see how funny I could be without making the choice that every 10 minutes something big and visual had to happen.

Nobody's going to like my next movie because they liked Trainwreck [2015]. It has to work on its own, and that keeps it really scary.

The only way you survive on all these services is if you're groundbreaking. There's pressure to be groundbreaking, which is the greatest thing that's ever happened. It's a bizarre aspect of what's happened with all of these subscription services is everyone is trying to outdo each other by doing great things.

You have to write a lot of scripts to get any scripts that are worth making.

I've come to believe that the simpler the title, the better. Whenever I try to get cute with it, it seems to be a problem but if it's just The 40-Year-Old Virgin, people seem to know what they're in for.

I'm just trying to be truthful and collaborate with people who have interesting things to say.

There was definitely a period when I just felt out of sync with earth.