We've seen so many films now, that you have to be on par with the best films that have preceded you. You just can't make any movie and it will be good

I put heavy emphasis on the characters.

You can kind of feel when things are going to work out

I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.

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.

I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what things are funny and not.

It's the teenage and university crowd, so we give them lots of sex jokes and gross humour.