All men are intellectuals, but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals
A lot of comedies fall apart because they just go from joke to joke, and the characters are all sort of being crazy off on their own.
The biggest thing I’ve heard for the last four months is, ‘Thanks for ruining my childhood’.
The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.
I'm more of a science head, so I was like how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?
I really put my heart and soul into everything and I don't want a project that doesn't feel real to me or I don't get invested in. In order to drive a show for eight or 10 years or whatever the target for doing a show is, it really has to be a part of you. Because then I can come up with stories for seasons and seasons on end. I wish I had the ability to just like the idea and get people in and drive it that way through their enthusiasm. For me, it has to be a little more of a personal thing, even if it's not a completely personal story.
I always hated high-school shows and high-school movies, because they were always about the cool kids. It was always about dating and sex, and all the popular kids, and the good-looking kids. And the nerds were super-nerdy cartoons, with tape on their glasses. I never saw 'my people' portrayed accurately.
There's not a day I live that doesn't start with me getting up and first saying, "What can I do for somebody else?" Whether that means sending something to one of my children or picking up the phone and calling a stranger who is in the hospital, I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself.
People put too much emphasis on looks.
Neckties strangle clear thinking.
Really ain't one to boast, but I'm doing better than most