- Jonathan Lynn: John Landis finished his pitch and I asked "So who did it?" And he said "I don't know, that's why I need a writer!"
- Jonathan Lynn: If you do a good play and it gets bad reviews and nobody comes it's off in a week or two and that's the end of it, it's gone forever. If you do a film that's not well received to start with it turns out it can have a life after death.
- Testimonial: As a film buff, which I am, people expect you to say that your favourite film is Casablanca or Citizen Kane. But it's not. It's Clue!