Occupation: Screenwriter Birth: March 19, 1976
And sometimes you're not noticing a little eye movement that's hilarious. So it all kind of gets figured out in post. And that guy you were watching ….
I like writing for other people. I love it. It's great because you write it and then you hand it off to someone else. But in terms of directing, anyt….
And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's never a m….
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of Englis….
Every day is still exciting. I have like a very good system worked out with my editor. Some directors are in there every day, sitting there in the ro….
I feel very creatively satisfied and lucky that I get to write for other people, but for something I direct, it has to be something I completely unde….
And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting jokes and trying to mak….
A big part of being in a relationship or marriage or whatever is you have to eventually compromise. Your life doesn't end up exactly the way you thin….
And also, I'm most comfortable with like two people just sitting and talking about their feeling, you know, in a room with like two cameras and that'….
And then my editor really likes that because he's left alone to do what...to create those things instead of me breathing over his shoulder and I like….
But having said that, regardless to what reviews come out whatever, I like love the movie. I think it's great, and so people can think what they thin….
It's all in L.A. There might be some location shooting as well. I think it's pretty short. I heard it was like six to eight weeks, which is pretty sh….
Sometimes a scene can elude you, and then, you also learn that the small moments are really what you're after. A big broad moment that gets the crew ….
I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this. Watching Mel Brooks and Monty Python and S….
I mean we certainly always shoot a lot of extra material, but our goal was to make kind of like a big kind of rock-and-roll road trip comedy that has….
And I watch all the dailies and I grade the jokes or the moments, you know, on a scale from... so I know exactly what we have. And so I can then go i….
Yeah, it's an origin story. But you very quickly get into the origin and then it's off to the races. It is an origin story, certainly, but it's not l….
The Lampoon was definitely quite formative. You know there's a crazy like kind of network of comedy writers from The Lampoon that are, that kind of y….
I love the romantic comedy genre. It's a genre rich with many of the best movies ever made and I try to treat it with the respect that Shakespeare tr….
I'm pretty brutal about getting rid of stuff. There wasn't anything where I was like, "Oh, I miss that," because usually it's for a good reason..
I like digital because you can shoot for longer..