College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school.
I think that everything I do tends to root for the underdog.
Television is much more difficult because at every moment the network can force you to change things based on their belief about what would make it popular. You're in a constant debate with a gun at your head, and the gun is cancellation. So it's hard to win the arguments.
Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.
Up until 'Bridesmaids', the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer.
I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians.
I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.
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.
The moment you think of a joke is the best moment.
The thing that is incredibly helpful is that we screen the movies and we ask the audience if they like it or not and we ask a lot of questions and do testing on the movies. For comedies, at least, it's very helpful. If they're not laughing and they don't say that they loved it, then I have screwed up.
I always felt as a kid that I was underappreciated, invisible or weird, but I've always secretly thought people would one day appreciate what is different about me. I'm always putting that message out there.
Well, every movie is an experiment. And the only way you can grow at what you're doing is to take chances. You can't try to stick with what worked last time.
If you look at who drives the box office numbers at these films, it's men.
I wanted to see how funny I could be without making the choice that every 10 minutes something big and visual had to happen.
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.
I don't know if you can be a born-again virgin.
I still feel like a nerd.
I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.
There was definitely a period when I just felt out of sync with earth.
