I think one of the basic tasks in life - one of the nice things we can do for each other - is to take things that are horrible and scary and make them acceptable and less frightening and if possible funny. It feels great to succeed at that.

Because death and illness are the most horrible things in life of course that's where the most absurdly funny things are going to happen.

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage it's funny to see what happens.

Jim Carrey a comic genius has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.

I love New York. I was sad depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny have a distraction.

I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time.

If you can find the line between sympathetic and creepy you have reached a very funny area.

I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie you hope it's going to be funny you can't think about how it's going to go over.

I think that 'Hangover II' is as funny as 'The Hangover I ' honest to God but I think that it's a little bit darker and the stakes are a little bit higher.

When I was a kid I had this funny blonde hair and everyone called me 'Chick' because I looked like Tweety Bird.