“When I was younger I was obsessed with 'Star 80,' and it's just a great movie - I think I saw it three times in the theater.” ThinkingThreeStarsSawsTheaterObsessedThree Times Author:Todd Phillips
“Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not think it's funny. You're just sitting there like, 'Am I in the twilight zone? Why is everyone laughing?' It's such a personal thing. People have such a personal visceral response to comedy.” PeopleThinkingRoomsLaughingComedyJokesSittingResponseZoneTwilightSubjectiveVisceralPersonal ThingsTwilight Zone Author:Todd Phillips
“I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue.” ThinkingKindSometimesFiveDirectorsPagesToolsPaintDialogue Author:Todd Phillips
“Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective.” ThinkingDirectorsMusic IsToolsPaintJust One Author:Todd Phillips
“I think a lot of American comedies tend to apologize for their bad behavior in the last 10 minutes of the movie.” ThinkingLastsComedyMinutesBehaviorApologizingBad Behavior Author:Todd Phillips
“You know, if I started worrying about what the critics think, I'd never make another comedy. You couldn't pick a less funny group than critics - you couldn't find a more bitter group of people!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorryComedyGroupsPicksCriticsBitter Author:Todd Phillips
“I think comedy directors tend to feel a need to justify the bad behavior, and I just never think that. I like bad behavior, I've always liked bad behavior, I'm a fan of bad behavior, and I don't think you have to justify bad behavior.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsComedyFansDirectorsBehaviorJustifyBad Behavior Author:Todd Phillips
“I make decisions to do movies based on the cast. I'd just been working with Zach Galifianakis on 'The Hangover', and I was thinking, I've got to find something to do with this guy immediately.” ThinkingGuyDecisionCastsThis GuyHangover Author:Todd Phillips
“I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the way a character walks.” ThinkingWayCharacterActorsWalksInterestingHairWardrobe Author:Todd Phillips
“How many days do you have that are just purely dramatic? How many days do you have that are just purely comedic? It's usually a combination and I think that's what real life feels like.” ThinkingFeelsRealReal LifeCombinationDramaticComedic Author:Todd Phillips
“I was raised by my mom. She taught me how to be a gentleman; nobody in the movies taught me. I think people are raised by their parents. If you're raised by movies, it's a whole other set of problems. I don't think it's as simple as me saying movies are meant to entertain, but I certainly don't feel moral responsibility in putting this out in the world and being like, "OK, this is going to affect how guys make decisions because they see some of my films or whatever." I just don't.” PeopleThinkingWorldProblemFilmGuyParentSimpleDecisionResponsibilityMoralMomMy MomGentlemanMoral Responsibility Author:Todd Phillips
“When you work on a movie or a TV show, you're a family, so if something that's a two-minute thing in the movie is causing a rift in the family, you also have to think about at what point do you fight this, and at what point is this rift worth having in this very small, very tight group of people who are just there to make something great and funny.” PeopleThinkingFighting Author:Todd Phillips
“I think that 'Hangover II' is as funny as 'The Hangover I,' honest to God, but I think that it's a little bit darker, and the stakes are a little bit higher.” ThinkingLittlesBitsHonestHigherLittle BitStakesHangover Author:Todd Phillips
“I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff.” PeopleThinkingSeemsStuffClearComedyConceptsDrivenFunny Stuff Author:Todd Phillips
“I think reviewers have become particularly venomous because, in a way, the power has been sucked from them. A 15-year-old can write a review on the Internet and it means as much as Roger Ebert's review, and that just makes Roger Ebert mad, so he comes out harder and stronger.” ThinkingWayWritingYearsMeanHas BeensInternetHarderStrongerMadReviewsRogerReviewersVenomous Author:Todd Phillips
