Quotes About Comedy

You can't not do stand-up for seven years and then not expect anyone else to come along. That's life, things move on.

I moved to Chicago when I was 28, and I wasn't completely idealistic about going to Second City and making a living from comedy, but I knew it would be great for the resume.

I grew up in Chicago and was a huge fan of 'The Second City', so when I moved to L.A., I was looking for anything that resembled that... then I started 'The Groundlings', so I went to a show and it was very much like 'Second City'. I was so impressed that that same night I went backstage and I went up to the funniest person there.

I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year.

You know, I've always wanted to do dramas. When I moved to L.A., that was my dream, because I never really grew up watching comedies, although of course I loved 'Dumb & Dumber.'

I'd like to get a degree. You ever see the movie 'Back to School?' I'll go back with my kids.

'Punch-Drunk Love' is my favorite movie.

I've always wanted to do a family movie.

'When Harry Met Sally'... is probably my favourite movie.

When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping someone is making that face like, and not like, this is not working out, man.

I feel like I'm at the point in my career where I'm ready to be the next big funny movie star.

Even in movies like 'Superbad,' they're all lovable kids.

Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.

You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'

I like human-interest movies that are light-hearted.

If Judd Apatow called me, I'd do it without thinking about it. I think he does really fun movies.

But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what was honorable, what wasn't, what was funny what wasn't... what had some depth to it, what didn't.

'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

The move into adult comedy wasn't so much moving away from 'The Wonder Years' as expanding myself as a director.

Part of my style was getting into a muddle. Audiences think that's part of the act. Sometimes it might be - but you have to guess which bits.

I am such a huge fan of both of those shows - I've seen every episode of 'Sex in the City' and every episode of 'Girls' at least once, some multiple times.

I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.'

Sometimes my mum is very disapproving of my comedy.

I can deal with having a terrible night on stage in front a bunch of Glaswegians but not a bunch of Glaswegians and my mum and dad.