“For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt... misogynist streak is too strong a term - but a dismissiveness.” KnowsYearsStrongFeltTermRolesComedyCrazyDrivenStreaksFunny Women Author:Paul Feig
“Getting away from a white or light colored tuxedo shirt is always a little dangerous. Certain staples shouldn't be mixed with. Light pink or blue is not bad, but again, you're just breaking from a classic.” LittlesLightCertainWhiteDangerousBlueShirtsClassicGet AwayStaplesTuxedos Author:Paul Feig
“God does things that fly completely in the face of what we've all been taught that He is supposed to do and every time He does this, we all just say, 'Oh, well, I guess there must be some good reason why He did that.” WellsDoeReasonFacesTaughtReason WhyOh Well Author:Paul Feig
“I'm a pretty feminized geek, you know? I have that point of view, I grew up around a lot of girls, so I'm pretty sensitive to that. But I don't dare say 'I know how women think.” ThinkingKnowsGirlViewsKnow HowGrewGrew UpDarePoint Of ViewSensitiveGeek Author:Paul Feig
“I'm extremely, extremely lucky to be who I am and do what I do and work with the people I work with. Even though I can always find something to complain about, I find it very hard to complain.” PeopleI CanHardLuckyComplainingWho I Am Author:Paul Feig
“I'm glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it's much more satisfying - I love acting and I still do, but it's much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff.” StillsAbleStuffActingBehindsCamerasGladLeapSatisfying Author:Paul Feig
“I'm kind of a failure. I mean, I'll be honest. I'm successful in that I'm getting to work on great stuff, but I think I'm a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me.” ThinkingKindMeanImportantStuffSuccessfulHonestBeing HonestPersonal Stuff Author:Paul Feig
“I'm not looking for people to bow down to me or do things in my name or even pass around a collection plate for me. I say that I'd like to be God for a while because He really can get away with anything. I mean, ANYTHING.” PeopleMeanNamesCollectionsGet AwayBowsPlates Author:Paul Feig
“I've always enjoyed people studying themselves in the mirror, and I also enjoy those 'walk and feel bad' shots. I like anything that isolates people and focuses them on themselves, or makes us focus on their faces as they're going through something.” PeopleFeelsFacesEnjoyWalksStudyFocusShotsMirrorsEnjoyed Author:Paul Feig
“I've never had to get a job as a waiter or anything. I've always been able to support myself in 'the biz.' Which is great. It's really fantastic to be able to say that, because I know it's hard to do.” KnowsHardAbleJobsSupportFantasticWaiter Author:Paul Feig
“It's healthy to have older friends. You go, 'Look, I'm younger than them!' That's always the nice thing, if you can be the youngest one in the room at times. Like if you're always the oldest one in the room, you'll start to feel like the oldest person in the world. So get older friends, because they're cool. Get cool older friends.” IfsWorldFeelsLooksPersonsRoomsNiceHealthyNice ThingsOlder Friends Author:Paul Feig
“"Nuclear" is nothing but trouble. Do you say "new-clear" or do you say "nuke-you-ler"? Whoever invented that word had obviously never studied the human mouth. We don't have enough muscles in our face to make that group of letters come out smoothly. The word is missing a middle syllable, for cryin' out loud.” HumansEnoughFacesClearTroubleGroupsMiddleMissingMouthsLettersNuclearLoudMusclesSyllablesNukes Author:Paul Feig
“So many stars who have shows are intimidated by having people around them be funnier than them. It's always the unsuccessful ones. Look at Seinfeld - he's great because he let everyone be hilarious.” PeopleLooksShowsStarsIntimidatedUnsuccessful Author:Paul Feig
“The awards world can be ridiculous, but I'm not one to bash it. I love awards! When I've been nominated for Emmys and when I won my DGA Award, I couldn't have been happier. I always liked getting a gold star in class.” WorldHas BeensStarsClassGoldRidiculousAwardsEmmysBash Author:Paul Feig
“The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.” KnowsPersonsShowsJobsFilmFitDirectors Author:Paul Feig
“The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a late developer. I was last to walk. I was last to ride a bike. I was last to have sex. That's why it's fun to portray one side of your childhood onscreen.” SchoolLastsFunSexSidesWalksLevelsComedyChildhoodSourceLateHigh SchoolMaturityYour ChildrenBikeDevelopersDuelingMaturity Level Author:Paul Feig
“The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, it's impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you can't just go, 'Hey, there's a great movie - we're not going to show you anything from it but trust us!” PeopleWayShowsOrderKnowingComedyImpossibleMarketingHeyNot Knowing Author:Paul Feig
“The more suits I owned, the more I realized the best besuited look a man can achieve comes from a harmony of three details: fabric, construction, and fit. If the suit fits you like a glove and it's well made, you simply feel better about everything in life when you're wearing it.” IfsMenFeelsWellsLooksMadeThreeAchieveFitHarmonyDetailsI RealizedSuitsConstructionFeel BetterFabricGloves Author:Paul Feig
“What I do as a director is really create a safe environment that everyone can feel very comfortable in and experiment within so that they don't hold back anything. You never ever want someone to go, 'Oh I shouldn't have done that.' There isn't anything you shouldn't try. If it's terrible, who cares?” IfsWantFeelsTryingDoneCareEnvironmentTerribleDirectorsSafeComfortableExperimentsWho CaresSafe Environment Author:Paul Feig
“What you never want to do is have a story that doesn't track emotionally, because then you're going joke to joke and you're going to fatigue the audience. The only thing that's going to string them to the next joke is how successful the previous joke is.” WantStoriesNextAudienceSuccessfulJokesTrackStringsFatigue Author:Paul Feig
“What's great about the geek spirit is that life never seems to stop us, and they never seem to kill our enthusiasm, our optimism and our hunger to experience the world. We keep our sense of humor, we protect our dignity, we talk to our friends about the experience and then we start again fresh the very next day.” WorldSeemsSpiritNextProtectDignityOptimismHungerEnthusiasmSense Of HumorNext DayGeek Author:Paul Feig
“What's so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, they're going to go for, and it's just great.” RealVanityFunny Women Author:Paul Feig
“Women's humor seems to be a little more supportive. It's just kind of trying to make the other one laugh through funny voices and kind of talking about other people. I respond to that. I feel less like I'm going to get beat up in a room full of women than I do in a room full of guys.” PeopleFeelsTryingKindLittlesSeemsGuyVoiceRoomsTalkingLaughingBeatsSupportiveTalking About Others Author:Paul Feig
“You just have to be classy at the end of the day. That doesn't mean you can't go with a midnight blue tux. And if you can find a deep red tux that looks classy and classic, I think you can pull it off.” IfsThinkingLooksMeanEndsRedBlueClassicThe End Of The DayMidnightMidnight Blue Author:Paul Feig
“You need to have one element about your outfit that is imperfect, that says you live in it and you're not letting it control you. I think men and women both need a softness about them with formal wear.” ThinkingMenNeedsElementsMen And WomenImperfectFormalSoftnessFormal Wear Author:Paul Feig
