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The only thing I can ever do is make a film that I can respond to. I could not make a romantic comedy for college girls. I wouldn't know how that works. ”
I always surprise myself with my voice. A lot of people don't get it, and they're like, 'You can't sing. Stop. What are you doing?' And it's funny to hear a lot people say I sing in falsetto because it's not falsetto - that's my voice. ”
When you're from a boring town, you have to find things to do. It's funny: I always knew I wanted to make music, so I was always kind of ahead of my peers. I had an MP3 player by the time I was in the fourth grade. ”
Solving wits and puzzles, in a way, helps to develop wit and ingenuity. ”
So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.' ”
Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others' discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it's funny. ”
As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted. ”
Most comedy comes out of misery. ”
Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea. ”
I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isn't necessarily funny. ”