I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing..

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film..

You're never nice to your friends. You're nice to people you don't like!.

I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff..

There's such an awkwardness to most heterosexual male relationships. You see women who are friends, and they kiss each other good-bye, and they're ju….

I think a lot of American comedies tend to apologize for their bad behavior in the last 10 minutes of the movie..

There's a darkness under 'The Hangover' because ultimately there's a missing person and it's not really that funny. There's a sort of darkness under ….

When you work on a movie or a TV show, you're a family, so if something that's a two-minute thing in the movie is causing a rift in the family, you a….

I was raised by my mom. She taught me how to be a gentleman; nobody in the movies taught me. I think people are raised by their parents. If you're ra….

How many days do you have that are just purely dramatic? How many days do you have that are just purely comedic? It's usually a combination and I thi….

I love confidence in a guy. I don't have it, but there's nothing sexier..

I find I like to work with a lot of the same actors, because I find that there's sort of shorthand there, and there is this unspoken trust, both ways….

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill..

All my movies, as I get the ability to do it, they tend to go a little darker, a little darker..

It becomes pretty crystal clear once you watch that first assembly [movie cut] the things that are just grinding it to a halt, so to speak, or slowin….

I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five….

You know, because you outline a movie, it kinda comes at the same time. I mean, there are days when you are just concentrating on 'ok, let's worry ab….

Comedy 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….

You know, if I started worrying about what the critics think, I'd never make another comedy. You couldn't pick a less funny group than critics - you ….

Not every movie has to serve as every audience member's need for completion..

To me, the script is a living, breathing organism. Comedy is something that is ever-changing and ever-flowing with the vibe and the mood of the movie..