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...CG: Have I? When Harry and I went to Saturday Night Live for one year in '84, I said, "I don't care what happens here; I'll direct these little films." I think I just knew that the comedy that can come from improvisation was so much funnier than other stuff I was seeing. I take my son to movies that are supposed to be comedies; you're lucky if there are five laughs in the entire 90 minutes...
...CG: It occurred to me. I'm trying...
...CG: We wrote the story. The story is very specific and has a beginning, middle and end. All the scenes are broken down--there are 120 scenes, and everyone knows what happens in every scene. And there's a backstory created for all the characters...
...CG: No. It's very important that everyone has the same information going into a scene, because we can't contradict one another. When jazz guys are improvising, they know what key they're starting in, and the melody they improvise off of is not just arbitrary. That's exactly what this is: you have a skeleton of something you can build...
...CG: I say to the actors, "What do you want on the desk in this scene? What do you want to wear?" In a conventional movie, the costume designer says, "There'll be stuff hanging in your trailer. This is what you're wearing." I say to our wardrobe person, "You go with the actors to find the right sweater." It has to be comfortable...