Todd Phillips Quotes

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• I got nominated for an Academy Award(R) for writing 'Borat.'
• 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 stuff.
• 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. 'Old…
• 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 it…
• 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 on…
• There are movie sites that love movies and there are movie sites that are just bitter people that just hate movies. I find Movieline to…
• I think comedy directors tend to feel a need to justify the bad behavior, and I just never think that. I like bad behavior, I've…
• I'd love to do a movie with females in it, and not necessarily the female version of 'The Hangover,' but I'd love to. If I…
• 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 into…
• To be honest with you, since 'Ocean's 11,' 'The Hangover' has become a movie that defines Vegas. Anybody in Vegas will tell you that and…
• You know, if I started worrying about what the critics think, I'd never make another comedy. You couldn't pick a less funny group than critics,…
• 'The Hangover' was lightening in a bottle. We're aware of that. It went through the roof all over the world.
• I think any filmmaker looks back and thinks, 'Boy, if we only had four hours more on that day when the sun was going down,'…
• I'm not a huge fan of 3-D, though. Honestly, I think that movies are an immersive experience and an audience experience. There's nothing like seeing…
• I tend to make movies about my peer group. I couldn't see myself now going back and making a movie about a bunch of college…
• I'm first and foremost a company man, surprising as that is. I love Warner Brothers. That's where I have a deal. That's where I've been…
• 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…
• When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really writing…
• You're only as good as your body of work, and everybody has issues, whether it's Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. I'm not comparing myself to…
• 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 this…

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