I remember that when I got to NYU, everyone was writing scripts. But I was 18 at the time, and when you write a script, so much of it is about what you pull from life, and this sounds sort of cheesy, but I felt like I didn't have enough life experience at that point to write a movie. Todd Phillips cheesyexperiencefelt share on social
Not every movie has to serve as every audience member's need for completion. Todd Phillips audiencecompletionmember Change image and share on social
John Goodman's pretty dark - I love John Goodman. Todd Phillips darkgoodmanjohn Change image and share on social
I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue. Todd Phillips dialoguedirectorkind Change image and share on social
'The Hangover' was lightening in a bottle. We're aware of that. It went through the roof all over the world. Todd Phillips awarebottlehangover Change image and share on social
When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really writing in a specific voice. Todd Phillips actoridealot Change image and share on social
I got nominated for an Academy Award(R) for writing 'Borat.' Todd Phillips academyawardborat Change image and share on social
Comedies are just never that expensive quite frankly. They really aren't. We aren't doing green screen shooting, so even Hangover II in Bangkok might seem like it's expensive, you're flying over and back, but they're just not that expensive to make when you do it the way we do it which is very focused and I've done it before. Todd Phillips backbangkokcomedy share on social
I think comedy directors tend to feel a need to justify the bad behavior, and I just never think that. I like bad behavior, I've always liked bad behavior, I'm a fan of bad behavior, and I don't think you have to justify bad behavior. Todd Phillips badbehaviorcomedy share on social