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.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

That's the thing with women's movies - there's so much about kind of catfighting. And my experience is women aren't - look, we all get in fights with people, but it's not that face-to-face aggression.

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.

When I went to high school, in the late 1970s, disco was in full swing and anyone who was into it dressed the part. I know I did.

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.

At the end of the day, I just want a movie that's great, that people are going to love and laugh at and be affected by, and also have an emotional journey.