Words matter. These are the best Nicholas Stoller Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Your characters can do the worst things on Earth – cut to a happy baby, it ends up being OK.
The two times I had nervous breakdowns in my life were when I graduated from college and had my first kid.
A big part of being in a relationship or marriage or whatever is you have to eventually compromise. Your life doesn’t end up exactly the way you think it’s going to, and if it’s the right relationship, you might have to compromise what you’re doing professionally.
A good romantic comedy is my favorite movie to watch.
I just watched ‘Lethal Weapon’ for the first time, and it’s awesome… and so violent! Mel is out of his mind in that movie. Although now we know he’s just insane – he was very much in his mind.
The more real it is, the funnier it is. The more awkward it is, the more people are stumbly, the funnier it is. I like a sharp joke, but it has to say something that someone would actually say.
The huge advantage of boarding school is that it throws you into the social fire. Every social interaction I’ve had since then has been a million times easier. Literally, ever since then, it’s all been child’s play.
The movies I’ve made, I’m really proud of them. But the experience I’ve had is, people say to me, ‘Oh my God, I saw your movie on HBO. It was actually funny.’ Like, that’s always the experience. It’s a backhanded compliment.
All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie.
I think the best romantic comedies are hard funny – no soft jokes, but ones that make you, like, guffaw. I also think that they have to make you feel good, ideally, and make you feel warm inside at the end.
As a moviegoer, I’m always annoyed when a big joke is ruined in the trailer, but generally, it actually makes it play better.
There are still movies where females are just there to be cool, or they are there to lambaste their husbands and scold. But female comedy characters are changing for the better.
I’m pretty old-fashioned. I feel most people – and this is purely from observation; I’m not an expert – but I think most people want to get married, whatever one might say about the institution of marriage, especially if you are in a long relationship.
When the photographer is nearby, I like to say, ‘Quick, get a photo of me looking into the camera,’ because I’m never looking into the camera. Christopher Nolan looks into the camera, but I think most directors don’t, so whenever you see a picture of a director looking at the camera, it’s fake.
I think the best romantic comedies don’t have villains.
I mean, come on: At the end of the day, we’re all bisexual. A hundred years from now, there’s not gonna be gay or straight. There’s gonna be everything.
You just never know with movies how they’ll be seen in a few years. You have no idea. Like, movies that were super popular when they came out have been forgotten. And other movies – and I put ‘Sarah Marshall’ in this – kind of weirdly stand the test of time a little bit.
I’m not into sports, and politics is kind of my sport. I love talking about it and debating it and getting into it. I also think people on both sides of the aisle have real exaggerated, incorrect views of the other side, and that is fascinating to me.
Each of the ‘Toy Story’s are telling an emotional story, but they’re comedic. They’re so successful creatively in terms of the stories they’re telling. And they’re pretty grounded.
As a comedy writer, I’m always praying for the day I can tell a self-aware/break-the-fourth-wall style of joke.
I knew after ‘Sarah Marshall’ that my favorite genre is romantic comedy. Nothing is more satisfying than a great romantic comedy.
R-rated comedies make as much money as PG-13. And I think the audiences wanna be shocked. Especially with comedy.
