All movies are inherently collaborative, and animation even more so. There are hundreds and hundreds of people involved with an animated movie. Nicholas Stoller animateanimationcollaborative Change image and share on social
The frustrations and joys of parenthood are just hard to understand until you have a kid... the constant fight you're having with yourself, like loving being with your kid but also being kind of bored and wanting to look at your iPhone - it's kind of an interesting thing that's hard to write about before you've experienced it. Nicholas Stoller boreconstantexperience share on social
There are so few good comedy sequels. The only one in recent memory that's good is '22 Jump Street.' It's a hard genre. Nicholas Stoller comedygenregood Change image and share on social
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor. Nicholas Stoller americanbearcombination Change image and share on social
All of the things I've directed, I'm really emotionally close to. That's why I choose to direct them and spend years on them. Nicholas Stoller chooseclosedirect Change image and share on social
I would never make a purely autobiographical movie, because it would be incredibly boring. But I always bring something. It's usually some emotional truth I've experienced, like in 'Get Him to the Greek,' the relationship between Jonah Hill and Elisabeth Moss, I had certainly had that kind of relationship with a girlfriend. Nicholas Stoller autobiographicalborebring share on social
You just never know with movies how they'll be seen in a few years. You have no idea. Like, movies that were super popular when they came out have been forgotten. And other movies - and I put 'Sarah Marshall' in this - kind of weirdly stand the test of time a little bit. Nicholas Stoller biteforgetidea share on social
As a comedy writer, I'm always praying for the day I can tell a self-aware/break-the-fourth-wall style of joke. Nicholas Stoller awarebreakcomedy Change image and share on social