Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn't think they were right for Airplane! because it would step on the joke if there was a known comedian.

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It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks...

It's useless to try and make rhyme or reason of it, because one guy thinks...

I don't take reviews very seriously, but in their totality I think they are representative...

I don't take reviews very seriously, but in their totality I think they are representative...

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin...

I've always thought those guys are really funny. And I love Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin...

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The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station...

Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is...

Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is...

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Tim Burton is underrated. I loved Big Fish, loved that movie, think it's the best...

I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous...

I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous...

I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time....

I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time....

I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old,...

I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old,...

You know, OJ was a really nice guy, and he knew his lines. He was...

You know, OJ was a really nice guy, and he knew his lines. He was...

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I don't know if I'd want to do that anymore, because you always get bigger...

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I think once we started directing separately - we each have different kinds of interests...

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We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to...

Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there.

Quit now, you'll never make it. If you disregard this advice, you'll be halfway there.

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So, it didn't do well. But now when I talk to kids who are first...

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Our fathers were actually business partners in the same real-estate firm, and we got together...

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I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do...

Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience,...

Everything about it worked, and I don't mean just the movie, but in our experience,...

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Woody Allen has done some excellent serious movies, too, like Crimes And Misdemeanors. Very overlooked...

What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if...

What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if...