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title: "3 Bangkok Quotes By Todd Phillips"
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> [Comedies are just never that expensive quite frankly. They really aren't. We aren't doing green screen shooting, so even Hangover II in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/comedies-are-just-never-that-expensive-quite-frankly-they-really-aren/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/todd-phillips-10339_back_comedies-are-just-never-that-expensive-q_914770.jpg)

> [Bangkok, like Las Vegas, sounds like a place where you make bad decisions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/bangkok-like-las-vegas-sounds-like-a-place-where-you-make-bad/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/todd-phillips-10339_bad-decision_bangkok-like-las-vegas-sounds-like-a-pla_2907739.jpg)

> [What it boils down to is that when you say the word Las Vegas it means something. You could say New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/what-it-boils-down-to-is-that-when-you-say-the-word-las-vegas-it/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e7/todd-phillips-10339_bangkok_what-it-boils-down-to-is-that-when-you-s_2923247.jpg)

## Other authors on Bangkok

- [Lawrence Osborne 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bangkok/lawrence-osborne/)

## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-just-thinks-it-s-interesting-what-it-takes-an-actor-to-find-their/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [I remember that when I got to NYU, everyone was writing scripts. But I was 18 at the time, and when you write a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-remember-that-when-i-got-to-nyu-everyone-was-writing-scripts-but-i/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-think-people-like-comedies-and-i-think-concept-driven-comedies-seem/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/with-comedy-especially-it-feels-like-such-a-clear-cut-thing-to-be-a/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [The worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor comes up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/the-worst-thing-you-can-do-as-a-comedy-director-is-be-on-set-and/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/it-s-heartbreaking-when-you-hear-a-kid-buying-a-ticket-for-i-don-t/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/there-s-a-darkness-under-the-hangover-because-ultimately-there-s-a/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-think-that-hangover-ii-is-as-funny-as-the-hangover-i-honest-to-god/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [I just love the look of film. But I have nothing against HD.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-just-love-the-look-of-film-but-i-have-nothing-against-hd/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [I really got into filmmaking through photography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-really-got-into-filmmaking-through-photography/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/comedy-is-so-subjective-you-could-be-in-a-room-with-400-people/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-never-had-a-ton-of-male-friends-and-it-s-always-been-something-that/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-was-raised-by-my-mom-she-taught-me-how-to-be-a-gentleman-nobody-in/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/reality-television-hasn-t-killed-documentaries-because-there-are-so/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/todd-phillips/i-think-reviewers-have-become-particularly-venomous-because-in-a-way/)

[Todd Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/todd-phillips/)

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