Vince Vaughn believes Hollywood execs are too cautious nowadays when it comes to financing the type of R-rated comedies that launched his career.

Vaughn is known for comedy films such as “Swingers,” “Old School” and “Wedding Crashers.”

He shared his thoughts on the decline of raunchy R-rated comedies during a recent appearance on “Hot Ones.”

“They just overthink it,” Vaughn said. “And it’s like, it’s crazy, you get these rules, like, if you did geometry, and you said 87 degrees was a right angle, then all your answers are messed up, instead of 90 degrees. So there became some idea or concept, like, they would say something like, ‘You have to have an IP.’”

Vaughn used the board game Battleship, which inspired the 2012 film of the same name, as an example of Hollywood turning an IP into a “vehicle for storytelling” simply because it has a recognizable name. Meanwhile, the “IP” he would see early in his career was shared life experiences, such as turning 16 or cutting school.

“People want to laugh, people want to look at stuff that feels a little bit like it’s, you know, dangerous or pushing the envelope,” he said. “I think you’re going to see more of it in the film space sooner than later, would be my guess.”

Watch the full interview on “Hot Ones” below.