“I don't want to do anything to revisit Freaks and Geeks that isn't awesome.” WantFreakGeek Author:Paul Feig
“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'm not a painter who's saying, "I want people to see my work when I die; it will be this and that." That's not satisfying to me.” PeopleWantDiesPainterSatisfying Author:Paul Feig
“What you want is the thing that critics love and audiences love, but that's the hardest thing to do.” WantAudienceCriticsWhat You WantHardestThings To DoHardest ThingHardest Thing To Do 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
“At the end of the day if you want to entertain people, you've got to take your ego out of the equation.” PeopleIfsWantEndsEgoThe End Of The DayEquations Author:Paul Feig
“You want a happy ending, but not such a ridiculous happy ending that it doesn't mean anything to anybody.” WantMeanRidiculousHappy Endings 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
“Period costume films are fun to discover, but they're not relatable. It's more, 'Wow, that's cool - did it really look like that back then?' Whereas with a comedy, you're like, 'Yeah, that's me, that's my friends.' No matter what, I want people to relate.” PeopleWantLooksMatterFilmFunComedyPeriodsMy FriendsNo Matter WhatYeahRelateWowCostumesRelatable 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
“At the end of the day, I just want a movie that's great, that people are going to love and laugh at and be affected by, and also have an emotional journey.” PeopleWantEndsLaughingJourneyEmotionalThe End Of The DayAffected 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
