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I started writing this feature comedy in New York - a Chris Farley vehicle. The script was decent. When I got to LA, I met some new friends in film school and had them read my script and give me notes. ”
In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same time period as you are. ”
I've got to get on myself to be sharp, funny and loose. ”
There's always something funny about men chasing women. ”
It's funny because it's funny. ”
It's funny: I rarely reference anything, and I'm one of those people that doesn't really spend much time in other people's worlds. I just try and create my own and make it as distinctive as I can. ”
I love things made out of animals. It's just so funny to think of someone saying, 'I need a letter opener. I guess I'll have to kill a deer. ”
When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard. ”
What other people call dark and despairing, I call funny. ”
The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. ”