Either you like a person or you don't like a person. I don't have to love somebody to work with them. I'm a professional person. But when you get the bonus of really liking someone and really connecting with them and really enjoying them, it's a fantastic thing.

You know, comedy's hard. With drama, you have a responsibility to the emotional truth, but with comedy, you have emotional truth and you have technique on top of it.

Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.

I'm at the mercy of others because I'm not a director. I'm not a producer. I'm not a writer.

Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

Apart from anything else, I got to work with Jennifer Lawrence. She’s a lovely girl. I know people often say things like that in interviews, but she really is. While she may be young, she doesn’t feel at all precocious. Instead, she’s smart and funny and terrific at connecting with people. She just blew me away.

I've always wanted to go where the work was or where I was wanted. The idea that it can be planned is one I let go of a long time ago.