I'm a huge fan of Richard Curtis - there's real grief, real compassion in his films as well as cheekiness; it's a wonderful cocktail.
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
The expression 'livin' large' is taken from the rap vernacular, inspired by Donald Trump, who made the big dollars and flaunted them.
If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.
This sounds really craven on some level, but on some level, a lot of what I'm doing is trying to not do a typical TV show.
How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.
I think if we taped a lot of families that claim to be relatively normal, you'd be surprised when you hear some of the things said.
I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.
The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do.
Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.
I loved films of the '70s with those antihero protagonists who you don't know if you can get behind because their behavior is really questionable.
My daughter and I have this thing we call a PMA: 'perfect moment alert.' I try to really notice when we're having a PMA.
I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.
My first joke was about a company called Five Star Parking that was all over Philadelphia: 'Who's reviewing parking lots?'
I would never do 'Stardust Memories' because I don't particularly like that kind of movie - that would be why I wouldn't do that.
It should be a law for one whole year that all laugh tracks are Seth Rogen. The world would get ever so slightly better.
Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's not fair.
It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that's dangerous comedy.
I was really freaked out when I heard that Cookie Monster was going to be changed to Veggie Monster, but that turned out to be a lie.
First of all, tabloid stories are some of the richest and most important stories that we have. There's nothing wrong, per se, with tabloid stories.
You know, I actually like doing commercials. I don't like doing them to the exclusion of everything else, but I like doing them.
