I think that often times Hollywood panders to the cliches of small town life, specifically Southern small town life, and I think that this movie does the opposite

I want to be so strong as an actor that people wouldn't say... eh, that's Josh Lucas

New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South

I was making choices that were very specific: Make a living, take care of your family, and if you can, find some movies that you can sink your teeth into.

It was a long period of time where I tried to figure out what worked, what didn't work.

Comedy is so hard; it's so much harder than drama. The pacing of it, the energy of it.

I got so used to being unstable that I started to only be comfortable being unstable.