The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.

I learn a lot from every director that I work with. I sit on set and watch them, every one.

Writing is as big a part of my career as acting is, financially and time wise. So, yeah, I love it. That's all I wanted to do since I was young was be a writer. So that and acting are the two most important aspects of my career.

I don't like to say mean things about people's hard work.

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do.

Every time you're directing a movie you're kind of building a temporary business. You're hiring all these heads of departments, and it definitely feels like I'm like a CEO of a very temporary company.

I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, "Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school." I had a great high-school experience.