Comedy Quote by Douglas Sirk

It is true that I got recognition. But however good the comedies are, nobody will accept a good comedy director as a good director.…

— Priyadarshan

Yes, they allowed us to play around a lot because, like we said, the director's such a good comedy director.

— Kevin McDonald

Fortunately, working with Universal was just a real opportunity of a supportive entity, who not only financially backed and distributed the movie, but creatively…

— David Gordon Green

The first time I did a big American film, I was surprised by all the different financiers who came to the set and told…

— Stellan Skarsgard

I'd always wanted to work in television once I found out that they started to hire independent filmmakers to direct.

— Lynn Shelton

I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in…

— Mel Smith

I'm a student of Comedy Central. It launched careers: Wanda Sykes and even Kevin Hart. The first time I was introduced to him, he…

— Lil Rel Howery

I had apprehensions of playing Jobs in 'Pirates of Silicon Valley.' TNT was really excited about me taking the part, but I had worries…

— Noah Wyle

My family took a vacation to Universal Studios when I was really young. Me and my brother Richard - who's also an actor -…

— Jonathan Jackson

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.

— Albert Brooks

Roger [Corman] didn't actually hire me, though. I was hired by AIP [American International Pictures], the studio that made the picture, which was Sam…

— Curtis Hanson

My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My…

— Chris Pine