A Musical Is Only As Good As

You Try To Figure Out Things To Keep Yourself Interested. It's Very Easy To Get Lulled.

All The Actor Does Is, He Tries To Get As Many Takes As He Can Out Of The Director That Day. So He Can Walk Away And Say To Himself, "hey, It's In There. I'm Not Going To Edit It. I'm Not Going To Make Those Choices. If They Want To Blow It, It's Fine. But I've Done All I Can." You're Right. I'm Always Amazed When Actors Bash Films As If Those Grips And That Cinematographer Didn't Work Hard Enough.

I Have A Kind Of Objective Luxury About My Career.

Comedy Is A Weird Thing. You Have To Understand, It's The Weirdest Thing You Can Do. There's No Consensus. It's Not Like... People Say, "i Saw Saving Private Ryan, And That Scene On The Beach Is Just So Moving." I Can't Imagine Anyone Who Would Say "i Don't Find That Moving!" But You Can Show, Whether It's Laurel & Hardy Or The Three Stooges Or Jiminy Glick In Lalawood, Some People Are Going To Look At It And Say "that's The Funniest Thing I've Ever Seen." Some People Will Say "i Don't Get It." Who's Right, Who's Wrong?

All These Things That Enter Your Head Are Assignments. You Write Them Up And Then Throw Them Out There And If Someone Wants To Do It, Your Assignment Is Done.