The 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.

At the end of the day the question comes, what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something that's going to add something positive.

You need to have one element about your outfit that is imperfect, that says you live in it and you're not letting it control you. I think men and women both need a softness about them with formal wear.

When guys see a movie starring women, they go, "That must be filled with these characters I see in these movies who are such a drag." And that's just bad for everybody.

I'm from Mt. Clemens, Michigan. It's right outside Detroit. The suburbs. I was always very heavily involved in theater back then. I was always in drama club or forensics. Anything that you could do that had some performing, I was doing it.

Why is a movie starring women considered a gimmick and a movie starring men is just a normal movie?

I've never had to get a job as a waiter or anything. I've always been able to support myself in 'the biz.' Which is great. It's really fantastic to be able to say that, because I know it's hard to do.