You want a happy ending, but not such a ridiculous happy ending that it doesn't mean anything to anybody. Paul Feig More Quotes by Paul Feig More Quotes From Paul Feig I hate that we're always called "the all-female Ghostbusters," because you wouldn't refer to the original as "the all-male Ghostbusters." Paul Feig males female hate There's nothing worse than the sequel that's a letdown from the first movie. Paul Feig letdowns sequels firsts Throughout my teens, I just wanted to go somewhere I could wear a Donald Duck pin and no one would care. Paul Feig teens ducks care I was a standup comedian, which is kind of like writing and directing yourself. Paul Feig comedian kind writing Any ensemble - they didn't call it "the all-male Expendables," for example. But it's Hollywood's fault that people say that, because there have been so few movies that have allowed women to have these leading roles, so that's Hollywood's fault. Paul Feig female roles people 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 inability comedy enjoy I've never been to a class reunion or anything because I'm always afraid of that one - there's going to be some 'Carrie'-like incident. Paul Feig reunion incidents class At the end of the day if you want to entertain people, you've got to take your ego out of the equation. Paul Feig the-end-of-the-day ego people I try not to blame the public, because the public - men, especially - have seen not great portrayals of women in supporting roles, because they're not given the lead roles a lot of the time. Especially in comedy, they're relegated to the adversary, which is like "the mean girlfriend." Paul Feig girlfriend men mean 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 stuff directors people Bad women's comedies are made by men who didn't consult enough women. Paul Feig comedy enough men Every director should take an acting class. Paul Feig acting class directors I always feel in improv that nothing is ever as good once it's repeated. Paul Feig feels I can't impress enough upon people that if you tell an honest story that people relate to and people believe and invest in, you can do anything. Paul Feig stories believe people I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work. Paul Feig acting missing trying We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days. Paul Feig used-to-be comedy used When I went to high school, in the late 1970s, disco was in full swing and anyone who was into it dressed the part. I know I did. Paul Feig swings late school When guys see a movie starring women, they go, "That must be filled with these characters I see in these movies who are such a drag." And that's just bad for everybody. Paul Feig drag guy character What I don't like is when I see stuff that I know has had a lot of improv done or is playing around where there's no purpose to the scene other than to just be funny. What you don't want is funny scene, funny scene, funny scene, and now here's the epiphany scene and then the movie's over. Paul Feig done purpose want Period costume films are fun to discover, but they're not relatable. It's more, 'Wow, that's cool - did it really look like that back then?' Whereas with a comedy, you're like, 'Yeah, that's me, that's my friends.' No matter what, I want people to relate. Paul Feig fun people looks
