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" I watched all kinds of dirty movies as a kid. My parents were very liberal about that, and I was still an uber-nerd who never drank or did drugs. I don't think it matters. "

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" There are so few good comedy sequels. The only one in recent memory that's good is '22 Jump Street.' It's a hard genre. "

Nicholas Stoller

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" I've thrown way more movie parties than real parties. My real life is so much more boring. "

" The worst thing you can do is animate something and then throw it out because it doesn't work story-wise. "

" 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. "

Nicholas Stoller

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" All of the things I've directed, I'm really emotionally close to. That's why I choose to direct them and spend years on them. "

" The frustrations and joys of parenthood are just hard to understand until you have a kid... the constant fight you're having with yourself, like loving being with your kid but also being kind of bored and wanting to look at your iPhone - it's kind of an interesting thing that's hard to write about before you've experienced it. "

" 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. "

" A good romantic comedy is my favorite movie to watch. "

" 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'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. "

" The two times I had nervous breakdowns in my life were when I graduated from college and had my first kid. "

" 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. "

" I would never make a purely autobiographical movie, because it would be incredibly boring. But I always bring something. It's usually some emotional truth I've experienced, like in 'Get Him to the Greek,' the relationship between Jonah Hill and Elisabeth Moss, I had certainly had that kind of relationship with a girlfriend. "

" My family is really into politics. "

" It's really weird casting babies; it's kind of the dark underbelly of Hollywood, to meet babies and judge them. "

" I think the best romantic comedies don't have villains. "

" I've always had as many friends who are women as friends who are guys. "

" 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. "

" I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor. "

" As a moviegoer, I'm always annoyed when a big joke is ruined in the trailer, but generally, it actually makes it play better. "

" I am personally quite liberal. "

" Comedy is my favorite genre. I think it often doesn't get the respect it deserves, and I think one of the reasons is there was a tradition in the past of comedy looking kind of brightly lit and like a sitcom. "

" Your characters can do the worst things on Earth - cut to a happy baby, it ends up being OK. "

Nicholas Stoller

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" Basically, I always thought that if I had a movie that did well enough and warranted having a sequel, I would seriously entertain it because that's a huge blessing when that happens in your career. "

" 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. "

Nicholas Stoller

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" All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie. "

Nicholas Stoller

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" R-rated comedies make as much money as PG-13. And I think the audiences wanna be shocked. Especially with comedy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "