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I think sometimes in comedy the characters are often sacrificed for the joke, and it's more important for it to be funny than for there to be love.

When you're going for a big studio comedy, the joke tally better be pretty high, and you better have some big comedy set pieces. That was one of the issues when I was trying to get 'Swingers' made for the first time, which is that there weren't any broad comedy set pieces.

The hallmark of a good comedy is that it can make you laugh, but it can also take you to the point where you're in love with these characters, and you want to see them be happy, and you want to feel that emotion for them.

Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea.

With comedy, you really want to work things out beforehand.

There is a universality to comedy.

Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else.

Comedy is important! When you're having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.