I Learned Over The Years

The Times Change, And To The Extent That Comedy Captures The Spirit Of The Times, It Will Enjoy Success.

It's A Great Luxury For Me To Be Able To Write On The Films That I Direct, And Kind Of A Nice Thing To Be Able To Write Enough To Get Credit, Which Is Difficult For A Director.

I Have A Great Respect For The Moviegoing Experience. It's Such A Unique Thing. You're Not Getting Up And Walking Around The House Or Flipping Channels During The Dull Parts. You're In A Dark Space, And The Movie Fills Most Of Your Field Of Vision. You're Surrounded By Sound, And The Colors Are Deeply Saturated, And Faces Are Fifteen Feet High. If It's Done Well, You're Really Going To Feel Some Big Emotions Or Have Some Big Belly Laughs.

Groundhog Day Was Pretty Clean. It May Have To Do With Some Puritanical Feeling That Comedy Is A Forbidden Pleasure In A Certain Way. They Make You Laugh, And Laughter Is Somehow An Inferior Emotion To Tragedy.

If People Offer Me Decent Roles In Good Films, Of Course I'll Take It. But I Just Didn't Like The Actor Lifestyle. You End Up Focusing All Your Energy On Trying To Get Parts You Don't Even Want.