Quotes by

Paul Feig

Wearing a tuxedo isnt as simple as it sounds. Ive been to a lot of award shows in Hollywood over the years and have seen some pretty sad tuxes. Its surprisingly easy to go off the rails. – Paul Feig

At the end of the day the question comes, what are you doing for the world? You have to try to do something thats going to add something positive. – Paul Feig

Ever since I was a little kid, Ive felt comfortable in a suit. It all started when my mom bought me a three-piece Pierre Cardin suit. I wore that thing everywhere. Eventually I realized I was going to be the kid who got beat up in school, but I kept wearing it. – Paul Feig

I have an inability to enjoy things, but thats why were in comedy. If we were happy, we wouldnt be funny, I guess. – Paul Feig

For years, its driven me crazy that women dont have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but I always felt… misogynist streak is too strong a term – but a dismissiveness. – Paul Feig

I love funny people, and when Im with funny people, or people who are amusing in their weirdness, I love it. Because that to me is funny, as opposed to someone who stops and says, Hey let me tell you a joke. – Paul Feig

Whats so great about working with really funny women is that vanity comes second. Whatever makes it real and funny, theyre going to go for, and its just great. – Paul Feig

What I dont like is when I see stuff that I know has had a lot of improv done or is playing around where theres no purpose to the scene other than to just be funny. What you dont want is funny scene, funny scene, funny scene, and now heres the epiphany scene and then the movies over. – Paul Feig

Womens humor seems to be a little more supportive. Its just kind of trying to make the other one laugh through funny voices and kind of talking about other people. I respond to that. I feel less like Im going to get beat up in a room full of women than I do in a room full of guys. – Paul Feig

Im kind of a failure. I mean, Ill be honest. Im successful in that Im getting to work on great stuff, but I think Im a failure in all the personal stuff that is most important to me. – Paul Feig

The greatest way for people to experience a comedy is to go in not knowing anything about it. But because of marketing, its impossible. Marketing meaning that in order to get people to come you cant just go, Hey, theres a great movie – were not going to show you anything from it but trust us! – Paul Feig

Period costume films are fun to discover, but theyre not relatable. Its more, Wow, thats cool – did it really look like that back then? Whereas with a comedy, youre like, Yeah, thats me, thats my friends. No matter what, I want people to relate. – Paul Feig

As tempting as it seems to wear tennis shoes with your tux, dont do it. I think it looks ridiculous. If youre 14 years old, maybe give it a shot. In general, dont portray anything that says Im too cool and I dont care. – Paul Feig

Everyone takes pause at 40. Its the age you have to assess everything in your life. Its the fictitious marker thats always coming up when youre young. The world really does look at you to kind of have it together by 40, and be successful by 40. Whatever success means. – Paul Feig