I call it like the domino theory of reality. If you can go one step at a time and it seems to make sense, you can then take your audience into an are….

I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would li….

Movies either work or they don't work and they're either funny or they're not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of d….

I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool. It's not so much that the actors get to say whatever they want, ….

Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater..

Much of romantic relationships today have to do when the people are not in the same room. Whether it’s texting or emailing or Facebooking, there’s a ….

I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy..

When you're working with movie stars, part of the deal is that, if they have something to say, you'd better listen. You don't have to absolutely list….

Evolution .. Just the right formula of science and comedy may get moviegoers through the door..

Comedy is a very delicate business, especially comedies that sort of attempt to do things in an honest way and in a very naturalistic way the way tha….

I'd love to do a musical actually. My background is in music. I have a bachelors in music. I thought that I was going to be a composer, long ago when….

I always see things that I can improve. But frankly with Stripes, I'm surprised at how effective it is, even today, and how vibrant that movie is and….

I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - th….

Everybody says how hard comedy is, but, when it comes time to honor things, whether it's on a weekly critical basis or whether it's award time, at th….

There's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably viole….

I don't think there will be another Ghostbusters. I think we're all too old to do it. I think we've done it a couple times and there is not that much….

I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool..

We watch movies about all sorts of things that we don't know anything about, but we do get caught up in the human drama..

It's been about 15 years, and I've never really worked seriously in CGI and I thought that here was an opportunity to do the kinds of things that I w….