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“I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2.”
“The pressures having grown up in this business can be really rough. And it is a testament to you that you have remained focused and NOT lost your mind.”
“I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.”
“In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.”
“I think a lot comes from having the experience of doing stand-up comedy. It allows you to figure out the psychology of an audience; what things are funny and not.”
“I'm just calm under fire. I'm not intimidating at all.”
“Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.”
“I go through a whole process with the actors first, building and creating characters, then I encourage them to sort of live in that character when they're in the screen.”
“My brothers can be a little out of control sometimes and so somebody has to be able to keep them focused.”
“You never really know until you put the movie in front of an audience. I am a big advocate of screenings, which are getting harder and harder to do nowadays.”