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 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 Image
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 Image
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 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 a comedy… — 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 comes up… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
