Todd Phillips Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• 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.

  Todd Phillips

  Thinking, People, Stuff

  "Director Todd Phillips Interview DUE DATE and THE HANGOVER 2". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 28, 2010.

• To me, the script is a living, breathing organism. Comedy is something that is ever-changing and ever-flowing with the vibe and the mood of the movie.

  Todd Phillips

  Comedy, Mood

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

• 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.

  Todd Phillips

  Twilight, Thinking, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• I think a lot of American comedies tend to apologize for their bad behavior in the last 10 minutes of the movie.

  Todd Phillips

  Thinking, Lasts, Comedy

  Source: collider.com

• 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!

  Todd Phillips

  Thinking, People, Worry

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• 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.

  Todd Phillips

  Thinking, Directors, Fans

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Well, it's so cheesy to say but you can't find a comedy director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does $580 million worldwide, I'm not saying that proves anything except people were enjoying the experience.

  Todd Phillips

  People, Cheesy, Directors

• You know, because you outline a movie, it kinda comes at the same time. I mean, there are days when you are just concentrating on 'ok, let's worry about just comedy today,' and there are days when you're like 'you know what, we gotta just beef up the story.'. But, it's not like process wise it's that technically separate. One informs the other, so they kinda all happen together ideally.

  Todd Phillips

  Wise, Mean, Worry

  "School for Scoundrels' Director Todd Phillips Interview". Interview with Alex Billington, www.firstshowing.net. September 27, 2006.

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