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I'm just trying to be truthful and collaborate with people who have interesting things to say.
For a long time, TV was just the land of handsome, beautiful people, and now it's the opposite.
For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.
If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.
It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.
I love Coldplay. I love Steely Dan - Steely Dan's probably one of my top three bands of all time.
I still feel like a weird kid who is about to take a punch in the face. So, I think it's permanent.
Parents don't realize that when they teach you about the Holocaust too early, it ruins you for life.
I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors.
Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.
It's a fun idea, to follow a couple very slowly and show every nook and cranny of their relationship.
When you make a movie, you just send it off into the world. You never actually live it with the crowd.
Most people in the world of comedy at least are multi-hyphenates, so people who direct are also writers.
In terms of the emotional underpinning, if you've been in relationships, you understand what's happening.
I loved the idea that I could write a joke and someone else would have to take the risk of performing it.
When you're making your 20th movie, it might be the 20th most incredible thing that's ever happened to you!
And I like the passion that people have when they're trying to prove they can make a movie or be a movie star.
Literally, my last call was with David Blaine, congratulating him on his show. I have a camaraderie with David.
Maybe you just get so attached to the music of your youth that you think it's better than what's coming out now.
It's funny, now there are so many bands that I can never remember any of their names. Maybe it's because I'm old.
I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.
Some people are probably saner. They're good performers, and they go about their day. I just get obsessive about it.
Nowadays, when kids decide they like an artist, they'll absorb everything that artist has ever done in a single night.
Sometimes, something seems dead, and then out of the blue, someone just figures out the way to fix a script and it goes.
I wanted to see how funny I could be without making the choice that every 10 minutes something big and visual had to happen.
I didn't want to be a director for hire. It really just took me a long time to learn how to direct and to feel up to the job.
All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors.
Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious jokes in.
If we really talked about what's wrong with you, you'd need a 7-1/2-hour movie and nobody would know what category to put it in!
Every joke is an experiment. When you sit, alone, and write a script, or just a joke, you really have no idea if it will succeed.
We are at this weird moment where there's an economic model that supports creativity. People are demanding something new and fresh.
You should look up some of the reviews. The New York Times review is so over-the-top funny. It's hysterical. You should dig it out.
I get literally a physical sensation of low self-esteem that is a result of not engaging the world and getting comfortable that way.
I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very passionate about it.
There's something so scary about trying out new material and being completely comfortable jumping into the abyss with a comedic idea.
Nobody's going to like my next movie because they liked Trainwreck [2015]. It has to work on its own, and that keeps it really scary.
I'm the guy who gets uncomfortable. That's why I was able to write 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' I believe in those guys.
As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like "I'm One" helped me get through high school.
College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school.
I love when people work together who know each other very well. Some of my favourite movies are people who are close friends or families.
The thing that ruined your life makes you good at your work. And then you get rewarded at work, so you don't bother to fix it in your life.
The great thing about Eminem is, he's just hysterical. You forget, people like Eminem because he is riotously funny. And he's a great actor.
I love magazines and film critics, so I eat it up. I'm not one of those people who says 'I never read anything.' I generally read all of it.
I need to find people who I respect so I can respect them, and they'll like being respected so they'll respect me, and that's like a marriage.
It's what I always dreamed of: that you can make TV and everyone would get out of your way and you follow your vision without watering it down.
Don't be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people.
One of my fears is that I'm suddenly not going to be funny, but still think I am. That's like my nightmare that I can wake up in a cold sweat from.
When the entire country was watching one show there was a major discussion happening; is it possible for that to happen in a 1 million channel universe?
I was a guest on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld, and I interviewed him when I was 15 years old-those moments really blow your mind.