Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit.

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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...

There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and...

There would always be a vote. There were always conflicts and arguments for years and...

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in...

I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in...

We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and...

We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people...

I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people...

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

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

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,...

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

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

Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill...

Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

I lose tons of stuff on the cutting room floor. For Scary Movie 3, for...

I lose tons of stuff on the cutting room floor. For Scary Movie 3, for...