Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips
Todd Phillips, also known as Todd Bunzl, is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for writing and directing Bittersweet Motel, Road Trip, Old School, The Hangover Trilogy and Due Date. He also produced the 2012 black comedy film Project X...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 December 1970
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
foremost interact love scripts studios surprising
I'm first and foremost a company man, surprising as that is. I love Warner Brothers. That's where I have a deal. That's where I've been for years. So I don't really interact too much with other studios and do things with other studios and I don't necessarily read scripts from other studios.
thinking directors tools
Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective.
thinking lasts apologizing
I think a lot of American comedies tend to apologize for their bad behavior in the last 10 minutes of the movie.
cutting watches way
It becomes pretty crystal clear once you watch that first assembly [movie cut] the things that are just grinding it to a halt, so to speak, or slowing it down, or getting in the way, yeah.
wise mean worry
You know, because you outline a movie, it kinda comes at the same time. I mean, there are days when you are just concentrating on 'ok, let's worry about just comedy today,' and there are days when you're like 'you know what, we gotta just beef up the story.'. But, it's not like process wise it's that technically separate. One informs the other, so they kinda all happen together ideally.
mom real two
I grew up raised by my mom and my two sisters, so I never had a real male influence in my life. I never really understood heterosexual male relationships.
kissing bye guy
There's such an awkwardness to most heterosexual male relationships. You see women who are friends, and they kiss each other good-bye, and they're just so much warmer with each other. But there's this thing with guys where, even between best friends, there's a standoffishness.
reality landscape documentaries
Reality television hasn't killed documentaries, because there are so many great documentaries still being made, but it certainly has changed the landscape.
sometimes mayhem
To make a movie about mayhem, sometimes you have to go to mayhem.
guy
I love confidence in a guy. I don't have it, but there's nothing sexier.
hangover thinking guy
I make decisions to do movies based on the cast. I'd just been working with Zach [Galifianakis] on The Hangover, and I was thinking, I've got to find something to do with this guy immediately.
character thinking interesting
I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the way a character walks.
writing awards academy-awards
I got nominated for an Academy Award(R) for writing 'Borat.'
stars thinking saws
When I was younger I was obsessed with 'Star 80,' and it's just a great movie - I think I saw it three times in the theater.