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“If you raise a cool adult, that's an achievement.”
“I just write the stuff that comes out of me, and then after that, I try to get it made. But I don't think, 'Will I get the money?' and 'Who's this made for?'”
“Every time I go to a march or a rally, and I post it on Instagram, people will go, 'I'm going to unfollow you!' And I'm like, 'I used to play arenas. I've lost a lot of fans. I'm fine with that. I've had people unfollowing me for years. You're way behind the times.'”
“To make the films I want, I just have to live within my means and scale down my lifestyle - and be with somebody who's cool with that.”
“Which is worse - being a has-been or being the guy interviewing a has-been?”
“I'm really not a fan of letting the audience live vicariously through stuff.”
“People seem to think that I'm not aware of how people perceive me. But I'm the one that has to talk about 'Police Academy' all day long 27 years later. I'm totally aware of it.”
“I didn't feel ever that people needed to know who I was.”
“My wife and daughter both bust me on how much I am the guy yelling at kids to get off my lawn.”
“I was actually offered a talk show on CBS at one point, and I just didn't want to do it.”
“I've been known to high-five, and I have a soft spot for Green Day.”
“I don't get too hung up on what people think of me.”
“I'm always amazed that people are interested in comedy.”
“When I first started directing, I could have chosen a more lucrative path, with sitcoms and things like that. But I knew enough after the experiences I had in front of the camera that I was not going to do that, because I was just going to work on my own things or work with people I respected.”
“I like stand-up. I've done it since I was a teenager, so it's kind of my first job and first kind of creative way to express myself.”
“I had fame and wealth and things that are supposed to make you happy, but I wasn't happy, because there's no importance on having a fulfilling life. So in my mid-40s, that was my pursuit - making films that interested me, films that I would like to go see.”
“I never was obsessed with comedians. When I was a little, little boy, I'd watch, like, George Carlin on 'Dinah Shore.'”
“It's really hard to watch Leno. I set his chair on fire.”
“'The Blair Witch Project' is a great movie.”
“I don't find movies shocking.”