Comedy is incredibly hard. You have to be loose. You have to be not afraid to fail.

The idea of a Chicago band that wanted to sing songs about California is really funny. Having never been to California.

The best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.

My kids, they're always embarrassed when my voice shows up in something. I took them to Inside Out, and my voice comes in, and they were like, "Ugh, Dad, what are you doing? Get out of there."

I remember getting in the elevator for my audition and there was a guy next to me who had a backpack full of props and wigs and things, and I went, 'Oh, my God, that guy is so prepared, I have nothing, I have no props.' And that was Andy Samberg. And Andy Samberg said he was looking at me going, 'Oh, that guy has no props. He doesn't need props.' And that was the first time we met, was in that elevator.

A lot of times I think people, when they're doing a movie that's a family movie, they're worried about this being too esoteric or too dark or too weird.

My dad's from there, and I have relatives there, but I don't think I've been to Chicago since I was like 9.