I'm a pretty feminized geek, you know? I have that point of view, I grew up around a lot of girls, so I'm pretty sensitive to that. But I don't dare say 'I know how women think.

I've never been to a class reunion or anything because I'm always afraid of that one - there's going to be some 'Carrie'-like incident.

Women comedy is different than men comedy. Guy comedy is very aggressive, it's about insulting each other, name-calling, and kind of busting each other's chops, and that's not what women's comedy is.

Man up and add a tux to your wardrobe. Just find one you like and get it well-tailored to your own measurements.

The biggest thing I’ve heard for the last four months is, ‘Thanks for ruining my childhood’.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

When I went to high school, in the late 1970s, disco was in full swing and anyone who was into it dressed the part. I know I did.

Throughout my teens, I just wanted to go somewhere I could wear a Donald Duck pin and no one would care.

My style of comedy is very real and bittersweet, and sort of always on the verge of kind of being tragic.

With a suit, even if you're having a nervous breakdown, you still look like you're in charge.

I'm more of a science head, so I was like, how would a guy use - if there were ghosts - technology to bring them back?

The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.

Great leaders are the first to say, “I was wrong. Let’s make a change.

The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.

My mama always used to tell me: 'If you can't find somethin' to live for, you best find somethin' to die for.'

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves

I'm really glad to have made a movie that way on Superbad, because I learned a lot about what can be done and what the limitations are.

I dream of an art of balance, of quietness, something analogous to a good armchair.

Ignore the people who tell you it won't work, and hire people who embrace your vision.

Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.