Finding Steve Martin's Mansion For The Jerk Was A Stroke Of Location Scouting Fate
'I said to the prop man, 'Where did you find this stuff?' And the guy would keep saying, 'It was here.''
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Ana Lily Amirpour Knew Comedy Was Key For Her Episode Of Cabinet Of Curiosities
'I was definitely huffing on movies like Death Becomes Her and American Psycho...'
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Blazing Saddles' Set Was Mel Brooks And Gene Wilder's Young Frankenstein Laboratory
For what we are about to see next, we must enter quietly into the realm of genius.
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Why The Banshees Of Inisherin Has Such An Unconventional Soundtrack
Instead of taking inspiration from the setting, Burwell turned to the genre of the movie to guide him: the fairytale.
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Not Everyone Working On Ace Ventura Thought Jim Carrey Could Pull It Off
'I wanted to be unstoppably ridiculous...'
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David Zucker Explains Why There Was No Improvising In The Naked Gun
Surely you *can* be serious.
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Steven Spielberg's Version Of ¡Three Amigos! Would Have Brought Together Bill Murray And Robin Williams
But Spielberg was still stinging from the failure of his World War II comedy, 1941.
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Richard Linklater's Follow-Up To Dazed And Confused Was A Decade In The Making
'Where Boyhood ends, Everybody Wants Some begins.'
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One Young Frankenstein Scene With Cloris Leachman Was Too Funny For Gene Wilder To Film
'We did about 15 takes.'
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Weekend At Bernie's Almost Seemed 'Too Funny' While It Was Being Filmed
Weekend At Bernie's star Terry Kiser quickly realized it wasn't enough to act dead-dead. He had to be 'funny-dead.'
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How Steve Martin Came Up With One Of The Jerk's Best Quotes
'He and I used to travel together, to go to the set every day, and, one day, we found a piece of gold...'
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Alfred Molina Thinks He Was 'Selfish' For Choosing Acting As His Career
The brilliant character actor broke the family mold when he decided to pursue the stage and screen.
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Midsommar Hid Some Big Clues To Its Ending Right At The Start
Midsommar is full of creepy details that reward a second watch.
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Using His Own Life For Dazed And Confused Landed Richard Linklater In Legal Hot Water
'I don't sit around the house making bongs...'
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Steve Martin Saved The Jerk's Script With A Single Sentence
'There was no idea. We sat there everyday...'
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Jim Carrey Owes Part Of His Ace Ventura Success To Fellow Canadian Rick Moranis
The role turned Jim Carrey into a star, but it almost didn't make it to him.
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Jim Carrey Knew Audiences Would Either Love Or Hate Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
'He had to be the 007 of pet detectives.'
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The Grand Budapest Hotel Ending Explained: An Enchanting Old Ruin
Wes Anderson's greatest film couldn't be more timely.
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Matthew McConaughey Kicked Off His Acting Career By Improvising A Classic Dazed And Confused Line
For McConaughey, even for such a bit part, it was all about getting in the character's head.
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Chris Farley Getting Bored Off-Screen Led To Tommy Boy's Most Famous Scene
Chris Farley brought in one of his bits that would make the cast of Saturday Night Live laugh behind the scenes.
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Tommy Boy's Ties To SNL May Have Hurt The Movie More Than They Helped
Though originally slated as a movie that would finish before a new season of SNL, a revamped script stretched production out a bit.
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Keke Palmer Wants To Team Up With Will Smith For An Action-Comedy Like Look Who's Talking
'You remember the baby talking movies? I'm ready to be Kirstie Alley.'
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Leslie Nielsen Had Surprisingly Little Input On The Naked Gun Script
'There was no improvising on set.'
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Joe Dante's Innerspace Didn't Start Its Life As A Comedy
Joe Dante's sci-fi comedy didn't always have the 'comedy' part.
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Heads Of State: Everything We Know So Far About The Action Comedy Starring Idris Elba And John Cena
Idris Elba and John Cena, together again.
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Terrifier 2's David Howard Thornton Took Inspiration From Some Comedy Greats For His Art The Clown Role
Charlie Chaplin, Rowan Atkinson, and Doug Jones all inspired Art the Clown.
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