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For instance, when I go to the premiere on Tuesday I probably won't watch the film at all - I'll be watching the audience just to see their reaction to different moments, what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, stuff like that.

I don't like to watch my work after I do it because it just - I'll always look at the wrong things.

I'm so critical of my own work that it's difficult for me to disassociate myself and watch it as an audience.

I don't read the reviews, the blogs, or anything else. Instead, I feel the audience when I show the film.

I don't read anything about my movies before or after I do films, or any part of show business. I think that keeps me in a kind of place where I can do the work that I need to do.

You don't work as hard to watch a movie. You work harder to watch a play, so what the audience puts into it is interesting.

I tend not to look at my work after I've done it. In fact, the only time I typically get to review it is when the fans bring up comics at shows, and I kind of flip through it and be like, 'Oh, I remember doing this!'

I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.

I came up in the theater, and I learned pretty quickly that reading a review, whether it's good or bad, can strangely affect the next performances, because you're reacting to something that's been said about you. So I tend to avoid that stuff pretty studiously.

When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.