I Learned Over The Years That It's

Comedy Is Essentially Made By Young Men, Or Older Men With Some Form Of Arrested Development, For Young Men Or Immature Older Men.

I Have A Great Respect For The Moviegoing Experience. It's Such A Unique Thing. You're Not Getting Up And Walking Around The House Or Flipping Channels During The Dull Parts. You're In A Dark Space, And The Movie Fills Most Of Your Field Of Vision. You're Surrounded By Sound, And The Colors Are Deeply Saturated, And Faces Are Fifteen Feet High. If It's Done Well, You're Really Going To Feel Some Big Emotions Or Have Some Big Belly Laughs.

I Collect Spores, Molds, And Fungus.

Life Has All Of These Contradictory Feelings And Contradictory Results. People Spend Their Whole Lives Struggling To Get What They Think They Want, And Even If They Get It, They Find That It's Either Not What They Wanted, Or It Comes With So Many Unwanted Consequences. We're Always Shut Off From Pure Joy.

I Did A Comedy With Al Franken About His Character Stuart Smalley, Which Was Really About Alcoholism And Addiction And Codependency. It Had Some Painful Stuff In It. When We Showed It To Focus Groups, Some Of Them Actually Said, "if I Want To See A Dysfunctional Family, I'll Stay Home."