I'm actually way more funny now, because I'm hungry... If comedy comes from pain, I should be funnier now than I ever was.

I have become a giant fan of the testing process, especially with a comedy. I mean, they tell you what's funny. It's almost tailor-made for people who shoot the way we shoot, trying a million different options and versions of things. Because the audience doesn't laugh at a joke, we put in another joke. If they don't laugh at the next joke, we put in another joke. You just keep doing them and you can get the movie to the point where every joke is funny, if you have enough options in the can.

Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea.

I watch a lot of TV. I love nothing more than having a good TV show on DVD, to just plow through.

When I was 13 and 14, there were a lot of jokes about my bar mitzvah and my grandparents, and then when I got older, it became more about touching boobs and trying to get liquor, you know? I kind of ran the gamut of infantile behavior... And I haven't moved one step forward since.

I don't think all of my ideas are good. It's almost easier when people are critical of you because it helps with the quality control.

I liked actions movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme was a major influence on me at that point in my life.