In a perfect world, I'd love to make 90-minute movies, but for me, a movie needs to be as long or short as it can sustain itself..

There's nothing worse than the sequel that's a letdown from the first movie..

That's the thing with women's movies - there's so much about kind of catfighting. And my experience is women aren't - look, we all get in fights with….

I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself..

What's so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, they're going to go for, and it'….

In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh..

Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and ….

I always feel in improv that nothing is ever as good once it's repeated..

The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a late developer. I was last to walk. I was last to ri….

I really put my heart and soul into everything and I don't want a project that doesn't feel real to me or I don't get invested in. In order to drive ….

Throughout my teens, I just wanted to go somewhere I could wear a Donald Duck pin and no one would care..

That's what I love about the mockumentary style, is the added thing of people knowing they are on-camera, which changes your behavior. That's why we ….

Everyone takes pause at 40. It's the age you have to assess everything in your life. It's the fictitious marker that's always coming up when you're y….

'Constitutional' is just a real pip of a word. Positively rolls off the tongue. In fact, it's downright fun to say. 'Con-stit-too-shun-al.' It's the ….

As tempting as it seems to wear tennis shoes with your tux, don't do it. I think it looks ridiculous. If you're 14 years old, maybe give it a shot. I….

For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynis….

The greatest movies are the ones you want to watch again and again..

Katie Dippold, who I wrote the script with, she's very into ghosts and all that. So I go, "Hey, why don't you talk to Katie?".

At the end of the day, I just want a movie that's great, that people are going to love and laugh at and be affected by, and also have an emotional jo….

I'm from Mt. Clemens, Michigan. It's right outside Detroit. The suburbs. I was always very heavily involved in theater back then. I was always in dra….

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit i….