And when the bad stuff is on, I do crossword puzzles. But there are a few shows I've seen recently that I've liked. It seems like it's harder to make a movie funny than just about anything else in Hollywood, though you've managed to pull it off a host of times. It's gotta start with a good script. Bill Goldman, a screenwriter, once said that nobody knows anything, and it's true.
Nobody knows what's going to be a hit.
A good comedy should make an audience laugh, and if you give an audience four or five really big laughs in the two hours, then that's a lot. In the end, you only can really know what's funny to you. For me, I love the romantic comedies. I love my son Rob's movies because they have thoughts and ideas in them and they made you laugh at the same time. The best tip is just to keep writing and sending it to people.