I Can't Impress Enough Upon People That

I'm Kind Of A Failure. I Mean, I'll Be Honest. I'm Successful In That I'm Getting To Work On Great Stuff, But I Think I'm A Failure In All The Personal Stuff That Is Most Important To Me.

Period Costume Films Are Fun To Discover, But They're Not Relatable. It's More, 'wow, That's Cool - Did It Really Look Like That Back Then?' Whereas With A Comedy, You're Like, 'yeah, That's Me, That's My Friends.' No Matter What, I Want People To Relate.

Forty Is The Line Of Demarcation That Says You're An Adult Now. You're An Adult, So Don't Pretend You're A Kid Anymore.

I'm The Biggest Proponent Of Test Screenings Now. There's Two Ways To Face Test Screenings. For Dramas, I Don't Know If I Would Rely On Them As Much, Although I Still Think You Need Them, Because You're Making A Movie For An Audience At The End Of The Day. But With Comedy... You Could Go Through A Script Or Anything I Ever Worked On, Where You Go, "this Is Hilarious," And You Put It In Front Of People And You Get Nothing. And Then The Other Side Of It, Is Something You're Like, "i Think This Is Really Stupid," And It Gets A Giant Laugh.

The Greatest Way For People To Experience A Comedy Is To Go In Not Knowing Anything About It. But Because Of Marketing, It's Impossible. Marketing Meaning That In Order To Get People To Come You Can't Just Go, 'hey, There's A Great Movie - We're Not Going To Show You Anything From It But Trust Us!