“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
“The good thing is that I really think that American television is in kind of a second golden age. Even though there's a lot of reality and all those contest shows, which aren't my kind of shows, the scripted stuff that's going on is so good right now because of basic cable. Everyone has stepped it up and realised that people like quality.” PeopleThinkingKindShowsRealityAgeStuffQualityTelevisionRight NowGood ThingsGoldenContestsCablesRealisedGolden AgeAmerican Television Author:Paul Feig
“As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.” PeopleWantedStuffMy OwnFiguresNeededDirectorsGet AwayGood People 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
“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
“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
