“I'm pretty sure no one's reading action scripts saying, 'This has got to be Ed Helms.'” Quote by Ed Helms
“As much as you do get beat-up doing even small action sequences, it's incredibly fun.” ActionFunBeatsSequenceSmall Actions Author:Ed Helms
“[Mike Tyson] was fantastic. Well, here's the cool thing about Tyson. It turns out he's a huge fan of Old School, which was one of Todd Phillips' earlier movies. So he got to the set and he already liked Todd and he trusted Todd.” WellsSchoolTurnsFansHugeFantasticTrustedMikeOld SchoolCool ThingsTyson Author:Ed Helms
“God bless him, I mean a lot of times you get non-actors on a set and they get really self-conscious, especially when doing something crazy like singing along with Phil Collins. They get sort of reserved and self-conscious. Mike [Tyson] completely trusted Todd [Phillips] and totally put everything into it.” MeanSelfActorsCrazySingingConsciousBlessTrustedMikeGet RealSelf ConsciousReservedGod BlessTyson Author:Ed Helms
“This word gets overused in describing actors but I think it applies to Mike [Tyson] in this case - he was totally fearless. He jumped in and played with us comedically and improvised a lot. A lot of jokes in those scenes with him are from him improvising.” ThinkingActorsCasesSceneJokesFearlessMikeDescribingImprovisingTysonOverused Author:Ed Helms
“Todd [Phillips] doesn't care. That's part of his genius as a director, he will say anything to anybody.” CareGeniusDirectorsSay Anything Author:Ed Helms
“They [Mike Tyson and Todd Phillips] actually struck up a really pretty incredible chemistry, those two, and I think they really trusted each other.” ThinkingTwoIncrediblesChemistryTrustedMikeTysonReally Pretty Author:Ed Helms
“We played around and improvised a ton [in The Hangover], and I think it's hard to say at this point what's what. Gosh, I wouldn't even know how to take a stab at it. The script was so good that we really didn't need to improvise very much, but I think we just found a lot of moments on the set. It's really cool when you get onto the set of a movie and you start shooting the scenes and you start to actually incorporate the environment.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsHardMomentsFoundKnow HowEnvironmentSceneScriptsShootingReally CoolHangover Author:Ed Helms
“The piano song that I do in the movie [The Hangover], it's a great example, that was never - that wasn't in the script.” SongExampleScriptsPianoHangover Author:Ed Helms
“I was just fooling around with the piano and Todd [Phillips] was like, 'Hey there's a great spot in the movie [The Hangover] where we need a little bit of a breath in the narrative. You should write a song and stick it in there.' And I was like, 'Well, what should the song be about?' And he said, 'The tiger.' 'Oh, okay.' So I went off and I wrote this song. I came back and Todd and I tinkered with it a little more and then we shot it right then. It all happened in a day.” NeedsShouldWritingWellsLittlesSaidSongBitsHappenedLittle BitShotsOkayBreathsSticksSpotsHeyNarrativePianoTigersHangoverFooling Around Author:Ed Helms
“The Daily Show was an incredible training ground for that kind of thing. It was all about discipline and generating material constantly.” KindShowsMaterialsDisciplineTrainingIncrediblesDaily Show Author:Ed Helms
