United Kingdom, March 26 -- Vince Vaughn thinks it has become safer for studios to finance stand-up comedy specials than risk "offending" anyone with a feature film.

The Wedding Crashers actor is concerned that the industry is trying too hard to "please everybody" so it has become "easier" to offer comedians a platform for their own shows as Hollywood bosses can simply distance themselves from the material, rather than be associated with a fictional story that could cross a line.

He said on This Past Weekend: "That's why I think stand-up got stronger. It was easier to give someone money for a special and say 'We're going to not - that's their special,' but the studios weren't going to produce a comedy [movie] and be more responsible for...