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.
For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I’m trying to communicate I’m not done.
I think the story should always determine the visual approach. There are situations where you want things to feel alive and like life, and there are situations that should have some magic and the separation with the grain.
Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.
Every day I live by only one rule, be a good guy.
I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.
I’m always talking to people. It’s not that complicated. I just find somebody and say, “Do you have any ideas.” If they do, we just start thinking things around.
The only thing worse than a crappy TV show which Paddy Chayevsky couldn’t have conceived in his worst nightmare is two megacorps fighting over who thought of the crappy show first.
The moment you think of a joke is the best moment.
I think that everything I do tends to root for the underdog.
I feel like Superbad and Freaks And Geeks are somewhat timeless. That’s always gratifying, when you feel like 30 years in the future, people will still get it, and it won’t seem creaky. It won’t come across like The Incredible Mr. Limpet.
I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it’s always the same actors and directors.
I’ve had movies bomb with terrible reviews, I’ve had movies make a lot of money with terrible reviews, I’ve had movies get good reviews and make money. And I like it best when the movies do well and the reviewers like them.
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.
All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn’t have any insight into anything – even my own insecurities.
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.
You have to write a lot of scripts to get any scripts that are worth making.
There’s something honorable about holding out for love and not breaking up for the sake of the baby. I see people get divorced, and there is a part of me that thinks, I wonder how hard they tried?