Nothing that I've turned down do I feel like I should have done. Because I've generated everything I've done, I've never really considered doing something that I haven't originated myself. There are definitely things that I've been brought that someone else made good movies out of. But it's not a path I've followed, so I don't have regret.

I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to go against that.

Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.