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
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.
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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.
school interesting guy
I never had a ton of male friends and it's always been something that's really interesting to me, what brings guys together? The bonding. 'Old School' is a good example of that. And even 'Starsky' and even 'Road Trip.'
issues guy missing
You're only as good as your body of work, and everybody has issues, whether it's Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese. I'm not comparing myself to those guys, but you learn more from the misses than the hits.
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I'm not a huge fan of 3-D, though. Honestly, I think that movies are an immersive experience and an audience experience. There's nothing like seeing a film with 500 people in a theater. And there's something about putting on 3-D glasses that makes it a very singular experience for me. Suddenly I'm not connected to the audience anymore.
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I knew that it was special. That feeling was in the air, maybe it was just in our heads. From the first song, the crowd just went ape shit.
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Each of us had to find a role to play. That's what evolved out of the hours and hours of hard work. We designed a way to have a five-way conversation. It was a lot of hard work but it all came kind of naturally.
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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.
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It's different because you don't have anyone to look up to see how to do things. You gotta make everything new ourselves.
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Brandon Wheat is a sophomore and probably the best raw talent we have at the guard position. I've told everybody that (the kinds of struggles we've had) happen and that we're capable of playing better than we have played. We have eight of our last 12 at home (beginning with last Friday) and the kids are resilient and working hard.
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A little bit nuts, a little too intense.
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That record changed everything. I don't know how aware of that we were at the time. I guess later we realized that.
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Where teams score on us is when they score easy baskets. (Wheat is) very talented with the ball in his hands, but we're trying to bring him along in his mind. These kids are all we've got and they're going to keep giving effort and heart. Maybe the learning on the fly will translate into some rapid growth.