All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.
I'm the guy who gets uncomfortable. That's why I was able to write 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' I believe in those guys.
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?
I'm making a movie about relationships, and I'm surrounded by guys scared of talking to girls.
To me, I've never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men.
I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.
For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.
It's so difficult to shock America these days.
People like the comedy more when they care about the characters.
My way of dealing with the world has always been to make fun of it and observe it but not take part in it. That's how I became a writer. But when you have kids, suddenly you have to be part of things. It leads almost to a breakdown because your whole defense mechanism is now really destructive.
