You know, if I started worrying about what the critics think, I'd never make another comedy. You couldn't pick a less funny… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
I think a lot of American comedies tend to apologize for their bad behavior in the last 10 minutes of the movie. — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
To me, the script is a living, breathing organism. Comedy is something that is ever-changing and ever-flowing with the vibe and the… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
How many days do you have that are just purely dramatic? How many days do you have that are just purely comedic?… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
With comedy especially, it feels like such a clear-cut thing to be a writer-director. There is so much nuance and tone in… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
Well, it's so cheesy to say but you can't find a comedy director who makes movies for critics. When a movie does… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
I think comedy directors tend to feel a need to justify the bad behavior, and I just never think that. I like… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
Comedy is so subjective. You could be in a room with 400 people laughing at a joke and you could just not… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a movie with females in it, and not necessarily the female version of 'The Hangover,' but I'd love… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
To be honest with you, since 'Ocean's 11,' 'The Hangover' has become a movie that defines Vegas. Anybody in Vegas will tell… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
You know, because you outline a movie, it kinda comes at the same time. I mean, there are days when you are… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
I like - there's a better word for it, but I like the danger that a comic brings to a role. It… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
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… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
I remember that when I got to NYU, everyone was writing scripts. But I was 18 at the time, and when you write a… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
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… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
With comedy especially, it feels like such a clear-cut thing to be a writer-director. There is so much nuance and tone in a comedy… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
The worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor comes up… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
It's heartbreaking when you hear a kid buying a ticket for... I don't know, whatever movie you're up against. And you see them sneaking… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
There's a darkness under 'The Hangover' because ultimately there's a missing person and it's not really that funny. There's a sort of darkness under… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
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,… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
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… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
I never had a ton of male friends and it's always been something that's really interesting to me, what brings guys together? The bonding.… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
I was raised by my mom. She taught me how to be a gentleman; nobody in the movies taught me. I think people are… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
Reality television hasn't killed documentaries, because there are so many great documentaries still being made, but it certainly has changed the landscape. There is… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
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… — Todd Phillips Copy Share
