“You have to know everything. You have to know how to light a scene. You have to know all this technical stuff about directing. No, you don't. You can know as much or as little as you have to. Your main job is to get great performances and tell the story correctly and capture it correctly. Then it's just basically yours to complicate or simplify as much as you want.” KnowsWantLittlesStoriesLightJobsStuffKnow HowScenePerformancesCaptureSimplifyGreat Performance Author:Paul Feig
“I always felt, and still feel, one of my best strengths as a director is having been an actor for a long time. Nobody knows actors and their insecurities and strengths and everything more than somebody who's done it before.” KnowsFeelsLongStillsDoneActorsFeltStrengthDirectorsLong TimeInsecurityNobody KnowsBest Strength Author:Paul Feig
“When I went to high school, in the late 1970s, disco was in full swing and anyone who was into it dressed the part. I know I did.” KnowsSchoolLateHigh SchoolSwingsDisco Author:Paul Feig
“What I don't like is when I see stuff that I know has had a lot of improv done or is playing around where there's no purpose to the scene other than to just be funny. What you don't want is funny scene, funny scene, funny scene, and now here's the epiphany scene and then the movie's over.” KnowsWantDonePurposeStuffSceneEpiphanyPlaying Around Author:Paul Feig
“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
“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'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
“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
