David Dobkin Quotes & Sayings

“Laughter is binary: It either happens or it doesn't. As each joke arrives in the course of a film, the cavernous space of the theater is either filled with joy and laughter or with the quiet of cringing embarrassment. Every time you step to the plate to make a joke, you're going to experience one or the other.”

“Laughter is really a gift. It's the most vulnerable state you can be in.”

“I believe comedy should be free to go anywhere. I believe that there is tasteful and untasteful, I think they're very close to each other, and it's how you handle it tonally. But I'm an equal opportunity offender. I'm happy to go at anything that has a cause to be laughed at.”

“People who do not have funny in them are not funny when they read funny lines. Sorry. Just doesn't work that way. Seriously, this is the biggest rule of all. You live and die with your casting decisions. Your actors are the heart and soul of the whole thing. Without brilliant actors, you will not have a brilliant film.”

“I believe comedy should be free to go anywhere. I believe that there is tasteful and untasteful, I think they're very close to each other, and it's how you handle it tonally. But I'm an equal opportunity offender.”

“I do believe in God. I don't believe in God as a person, but I believe in God as a state of energy and consciousness that we all share.”

“I honestly never thought in my career I was going to do a body-switching movie.”

“I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be.”

“I'm very comfortable with an R-rating. I feel like it sounds like what people talk like in real life; I think it's more real to me.”

“On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.”