Paul Feig Quotes

United States, Actor
September 17, 1962

Paul Samuel Feig is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing films starring frequent collaborator Melissa McCarthy, including Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), Spy (2015), Ghostbusters (2016), and A Simple Favor (2018).

Also known as Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter

I have an inability to enjoy things, but that's why we're in comedy. If we were happy, we wouldn't be funny, I guess.

Paul Feig
- Funny
- Comedy
- Enjoy
In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh.

Paul Feig
- Acting
- Laugh
- Camera

One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.

Paul Feig
- Good
- Knowing
- Reputation
Whatever you wear, you have to own it. Make it yours.

Paul Feig
- Own
- Wear
- Yours
As a director, I really wanted to learn and I needed to get away from my own stuff to figure out how to just do things and work with good people.

Paul Feig
- People
- Work
- Director
Forty is the line of demarcation that says you're an adult now. You're an adult, so don't pretend you're a kid anymore.

Paul Feig
- Kid
- Pretend
- Adult
The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

Paul Feig
- Job
- Film
- Seen
My style of comedy is very real and bittersweet, and sort of always on the verge of kind of being tragic.

Paul Feig
- Comedy
- Style
- Tragic

Every director should take an acting class.

Paul Feig
- Acting
- Class
- Director
What you want is the thing that critics love and audiences love, but that's the hardest thing to do.

Paul Feig
- Want
- Critics
- Audiences