Occupation: Film Director Birth: October 16, 1947
I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but the thing that always ….
It didn't happen every time for every movie. Ruthless People was a good movie, but we didn't get a good release or marketing. They completely blew th….
Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is a God than that there isn't. I don't believe that Mother Theresa and Hitl….
Our producer Jon Davison thought it would be a good idea to put in additional TV scenes. So, they sent me a tape of these additional TV scenes, and I….
We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficul….
I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early 70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was politica….
Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked movie, I think, and really his best. And curre….
Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn't think they were right for Airplane! because it wou….
I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin and Mary..
Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience, we realized there's also a component of luck involved in this bus….
There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and years - that's why we're not together anymore. But there was al….
I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off..
I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, a….
Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together and thought, How can we get a movie together and get di….
Tim Burton is underrated. I loved Big Fish, loved that movie, think it's the best movie of the year, hands down. Really impressed with that..
I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests now, and the kinds of movies we want to do. I wouldn't hold ….
It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks one thing and the other guy sees a whole other thing. So I try not to take….
The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we ….
We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and the poster are so important..
I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there'….
I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger laughs on college campuses. So, when the film plays in front of a city aud….