Paul Feig Hopes His Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Honor Is Legitimate

A great week for Paul Feig just keeps getting better. On the heels of the record-breaking box office haul for Bridesmaids, it was announced Wednesday that Feig will receive the comedy director of the year award at the upcoming Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Well, provided the festival organizers didn't mean to give it to someone else. Here, let Paul explain.

"I'm completely blown away by that, especially since the only other two people who got it are Jay Roach and Todd Phillips," Feig told Movieline from London last Friday, before adding with a laugh. "I almost feel like somebody is going to come and say this is a mistake."

"The only other thing that I've won like this was when I won the DGA Award for directing the dinner party episode of The Office a few years ago. When it comes from your peers, that's when you're humbled and blown away by it. I'm still convinced that they think I'm somebody else."

Feig will get the award when the festival is held on July 28-30; other Just for Laughs honorees include Ken Jeong (Breakout Comedy Star), Louis CK (Comedy Person of the Year), and Modern Family writers Steve Levitan and Christopher Lloyd (Comedy Writers of the Year).

For more about the smashing success of Bridesmaids, check out Movieline's interview with Paul Feig here.