It's rare that you cut out something that is really good. You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond, you cut out whatever is holding the story down.

Slot machines are like crack for old people.

In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.

I enjoy the character interplay. Sometimes the audience is not laughing, but smiling, and that is almost just as good because it keeps them ready to laugh.

I think that if you, as a comedian, are trying to be in people's face, then you've got to come up with new stuff every year. We're in a mass consumption phase where people take things for granted and want things to be instant when these are not things that can be instant.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.