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Comedy Quotes by 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 funny.…
- 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 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…
- 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 worst thing you can do as a comedy director is be on set and think of something ridiculous, or an actor comes up to…
- 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,…
- 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 that…
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