Some stories feel like they need more time or less time to tell. To not obsessively have to trim or add that final two or three minutes is very helpful, because you can just organically follow how the story feels.

Sometimes you need to get away for a few weeks just to figure out who you are again.

If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

I think watching too much TV as a kid led me to being very uncomfortable in new situations. To this day, when I drop my kids off at school, I still feel like I'm in 9th grade and I'm uncomfortable and insecure. Like anyone is paying any attention.

It's a fun idea, to follow a couple very slowly and show every nook and cranny of their relationship.

The great thing about Eminem is, he's just hysterical. You forget, people like Eminem because he is riotously funny. And he's a great actor.

There was definitely a period when I just felt out of sync with earth.