5 Quotes & Sayings By Todd Phillips

Todd Phillips is a writer, director, and producer. He has written the screenplay for "Old School" starring Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson and Colin Farrell. He also wrote "The Hangover" which became the third highest-grossing comedy of all time. He has written several episodes of "The Office" and is executive producer on "The Hangover Part II." He is the co-founder of Bold Films with John Phillips and John Cheng.

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There's a punk-rock attitude, clearly, to 'Hated.' There's even a punk-rock attitude to 'The Hangover, ' I think. We start the movie with a Glenn Danzig song. Todd Phillips
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It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill. Todd Phillips
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There's a darkness under 'The Hangover' because ultimately there's a missing person and it's not really that funny. There's a sort of darkness under it that I love, and still people are laughing as hard if not harder than they did in 'Old School.' Todd Phillips
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I think that 'Hangover II' is as funny as 'The Hangover I, ' honest to God, but I think that it's a little bit darker, and the stakes are a little bit higher. Todd Phillips