Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening.

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Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.

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You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

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