The First Comedy Screenplay That I Wrote

The Rule Of Thumb For A Director Or Producer - Which Prevents Them From Just Sticking Their Names On Everything - Is That You Have To Contribute Substantially More Than 50 Percent Of The Character Dialogue And Story.

Whenever A Critic Mentions The Salary Of An Actor, I'm Thinking, He's Not Talking About The Movie.

Find The Most Talented Person In The Room And If It's Not You, Go Stand Next To Him. Hang Out With Him. Try To Be Helpful.

I've Tried To Stay Away From Mild Satire. I Want An Audience To Feel Something More Powerful For Their Ten Bucks. If They're Going To Spend Two Hours With Me, And Trust Me To Lead Them Around, I'd Like To Take Them Someplace Special.

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.