I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.
Todd PhillipsWhen I was younger I was obsessed with 'Star 80,' and it's just a great movie - I think I saw it three times in the theater.
Todd PhillipsI think reviewers have become particularly venomous because, in a way, the power has been sucked from them. A 15-year-old can write a review on the Internet and it means as much as Roger Ebert's review, and that just makes Roger Ebert mad, so he comes out harder and stronger.
Todd PhillipsWhen I was in NYU Film School I drove a taxi in New York for two years, I felt like I owned my own business with that little taxi.
Todd PhillipsComedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not think it's funny. You're just sitting there like, 'Am I in the twilight zone? Why is everyone laughing?' It's such a personal thing. People have such a personal visceral response to comedy.
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