Screenwriting 101: Craig Mazin

“I want comedies to be about something. I want movies to be about something. I want them to have some sort of argument to make. I have to believe that on some level, even though the movie [Identity Thief] opened well, the fact that we kept holding and only dropping 30 percent or so week after week is because there was more than just laughs. There was something that genuinely connected with people. Not just with Melissa’s [McCarthy] character, but with Jason’s [Bateman]. I have to believe that. Otherwise, it’s all a crap shoot.

— Craig Mazin

Go Into The Story interview, August 2013

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