Comedies are just never that expensive quite frankly. They really aren't. We aren't doing green screen shooting, so even Hangover II in Bangkok might seem like it's expensive, you're flying over and back, but they're just not that expensive to… — 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