“It's interesting to have the awkward moments play out, and the real human interactions. The more you cut that down, you lose the joke, which is that this is painful and hard.” HumansRealHardPlayMomentsLosesInterestingCuttingJokesPainfulInteractionAwkwardReal Human Author:Nicholas Stoller
“Sometimes a scene can elude you, and then, you also learn that the small moments are really what you're after. A big broad moment that gets the crew laughing, usually isn't going to translate to an audience.” SometimesMomentsBigsAudienceLaughingSceneBroadsTranslateCrewEludeSmall MomentsElude You Author:Nicholas Stoller
“And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's never a moment that you want to write about an Erickson cell phone but you have to. And that's really important you know obviously for the...like if you really want to write, you have to write every day no matter how you feel or you know. And then, yeah, and then I ended up working in TV and then from TV into movies and then directing, so.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsWritingYearsImportantMatterMomentsTaughtTvsLaughterYeahPhonesAdvertisingCellsNow And ThenCell PhoneHow You Feel Author:Nicholas Stoller
“And I watch all the dailies and I grade the jokes or the moments, you know, on a scale from... so I know exactly what we have. And so I can then go into the editing room and be like "I want you to do this moment, this moment, this joke, that joke. I'd like to see 3 versions."” KnowsWantI CanMomentsRoomsWatchesJokesScalesVersionsGradesI Want YouEditing Author:Nicholas Stoller
“They literally have what they would call "a four-quadrant" movie that they could just release at any moment. Parents want to go there, kids want to go there, hipsters want to go there. It's like everyone will want to see it.” WantMomentsKidsParentFourReleaseHipster Author:Nicholas Stoller
