"Nuclear" is nothing but trouble. Do you say "new-clear" or do you say "nuke-you-ler"? Whoever invented that word had obviously never studied the human mouth. We don't have enough muscles in our face to make that group of letters come out smoothly. The word is missing a middle syllable, for cryin' out loud.
Paul FeigA lot of comedies fall apart because they just go from joke to joke, and the characters are all sort of being crazy off on their own.
Paul FeigThe reason most comedies don't win awards is that the filmmakers put the comedy first. This means you have to create a story around the jokes.
Paul FeigTo me, there's nothing funnier than funny people in peril, because it's just a great springboard for people to be at a heightened emotionality and things get funnier.
Paul FeigWhat's great about the geek spirit is that life never seems to stop us, and they never seem to kill our enthusiasm, our optimism and our hunger to experience the world. We keep our sense of humor, we protect our dignity, we talk to our friends about the experience and then we start again fresh the very next day.
Paul Feig