Stand-up comedy had an interesting effect on me in terms of how I started to think about constructing things, because I really loved the interstices,….

You are a manipulator. I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer..

I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which has always been something I find important..

I'd like to make you laugh for about ten minutes though I'm gonna be on for an hour..

Acting in a sitcom or a comedy movie is like a comedy routine with the setups..

Comedy clubs are a bit more expensive. That's the problem with some of these places. But the flipside of that is, if you do too many shows for free o….

I love film. I'm a movie buff. So it really does pique my interest. For me, it all kinda bleeds together. The music, dance, the film, the cinematic e….

I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy..

I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of other comedy..

You can perceive life as tragic, or you can laugh at the tragedy of it and that turns it into comedy. It doesn't change the circumstances..

I'm not a comedian. I didn't study sketch comedy; my background isn't that..

I always wanted to do Restoration comedy. It seems like so much fun..

I like idiotic comedies..

I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously..

Comedy, sometimes if you think about it too much then it becomes a bit boring. If you start thinking about striking the right balance sometimes it ta….

They're not the sharpest people - babies. So, you must be everything to them..

The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats..

He was born early. But he was born within a safe range of premature..

Nate Silver is now forecasting Oscar winners. The only area of life in which he has no expertise, ironically, is life itself..

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning..

Comedy is surprises, so if you're intending to make somebody laugh and they don't laugh, that's funny..