“So many of my friends have always been women growing up... I always feel slightly more comfortable around women because with guys in general there's always more of a danger zone... it's very aggressive sometimes the way guys act with each other, putting each other down and calling each other names, so I was always too sensitive for that and used to hang out with the girls. And they were always really funny to me.” WayFeelsSometimesUsedGuyGirlNamesGrowing UpGrowingDangerCallingComfortableMy FriendsDown AndSensitiveZoneHanging OutAggressive Author:Paul Feig
“I'm more of a science head, so I was like, how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?” IfsUseGuyTechnologyGhost Author:Paul Feig
“When guys see a movie starring women, they go, "That must be filled with these characters I see in these movies who are such a drag." And that's just bad for everybody.” CharacterGuyFilledDragMovie Star Author:Paul Feig
“One of the many things I want to do is dig us out of that hole so that guys, in particular, can go: "Oh, yeah. Those people are really funny. I've seen that person. It's a woman. They are funny."” PeopleWantPersonsGuyParticularYeahHolesThat Guy Author:Paul Feig
“Hey, I'm like the Wayne Gretsky of the entertainment biz - I have other people do my dirty work while I skate around and get to be a nice guy. What can I say? I'm a coward.” PeopleGuyNiceEntertainmentHeyDirtyCowardWayneSkatesNice GuyDirty Work Author:Paul Feig
“I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult, and I think what happens with most guys is that no one wants to be an adult anymore. So they're dressing like kids.” ThinkingWantHappensWould BeKidsGuyWaitingSeeingDirectorsAdultsHollywoodSuitsTiesDressingsOld HollywoodSuits And Ties Author:Paul Feig
“I’ve never been comfortable around groups of guys when it gets into the putting-down. My past being a kind of geek - it kind of turns into an attack on the weakest of the group.” KindPastGuyTurnsGroupsComfortableGeekMy Past Author:Paul Feig
“Where there seems to be a difference between guys being nuts and women being nuts is that guys are much more open in calling each other on stuff; lots of insults and dirty names. Whereas women will talk frankly and honesty, but there also seems to be more passive aggressiveness.” SeemsGuyNamesStuffDifferencesHonestyCallingDirtyInsultNutsPassiveThat GuyAggressiveness Author:Paul Feig
“Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting each other, name-calling, and kind of busting each other's chops, and that's not what women's comedy is.” MenKindDifferentGuyNamesComedyCallingAggressiveInsultingName CallingBusting 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
