Well, Actually, I Did Start

I Believe That Improvisation Is Really Just A Directorial Tool. It's A Writing Tool. It's Not So Much That The Actors Get To Say Whatever They Want, Whatever Pops Into Their Head. It's An Opportunity To Write The Last Draft Of The Screenplay As You're Working On It.

I Never Like To Do Parodies. I Never Do. It's Just Not My Style Of Comedy.

I Remember When First, Stripes, And Then Animal House Came Out - Which I Was Really Proud Of, Even Though It Was Kind Of Loose And Quite Raucous - There Were Imitative Movies That Were Not Quite As Good.

My First Student Film Was Orientation, Which Was Basically The Set-up For Animal House. There Are A Couple Of Scenes That We Later Borrowed In Some Form.

I've Always Believed In Populating My Films With Characters Who We Like, Who We Have Some Warmth For, Who Have Warmth For Each Other, Who We Would Like To Hang Out With, Who We Emulate In One Way Or Another.