Scripts are a house of cards and you can't just reach in the middle and pull out the middle card because the house of cards will fall down. But at a certain point you almost have to allow that house of cards to get knocked down a few times because you need to make it sturdier. How many times do you hear, "No, that doesn't make sense," or "Why would this happen?" That was a mistake. You shouldn't have those moments, because the moment you're knocked out of the story, then you're dead. And all you can go is moment to moment,or joke to joke. And that's gonna wear people out.

For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynist streak is too strong a term - but a dismissiveness.

As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.

The hard thing is getting people to come to the theater to see something, no matter if it's good or not.

I'm not a painter who's saying, "I want people to see my work when I die; it will be this and that." That's not satisfying to me.

I can't impress enough upon people that if you tell an honest story that people relate to and people believe and invest in, you can do anything.

Whatever you wear, you have to own it. Make it yours.