Most comedy is not very ambitious. You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

No matter what I have to say, I'm still trying to say it in comedic form.

I had a lot of fun working with John Candy. We had a pretty good rapport.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

If Chevy Chase had not been an actor, he might have been a very popular guy in advertising or whatever field he would have gone into, because of his charisma.

I always claim that the writer has done 90 percent of the director's work.

I collect spores, molds, and fungus.

I was the little guy who knew how to tie a necktie. It came from having absentee parents. They were tremendously loving and caring people who, by circumstance, had to go to work.

Never hit anyone in anger, unless you're absolutely sure you can get away with it.

Made a wrong turn.ones or twice.

A little bird told me that jumping is easy and the falling is fun, right up until you hit sidewalk shivering and stunned.

Maybe at this stage in my career, it's from that younger generation that I have most to learn.

In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.

Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up.

From dust thou art to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul.

Just look inside and you will find just what you can do.

The secret of all those who make discoveries is that they regard nothing as impossible.

I'm a sexual assault survivor. I have long felt like Bill Cosby needed to be held accountable. But I keep wondering if this is a system that can bring that accountability.

Look at the moon in the sky, not the one in the lake.