It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

I get a lot of responses to my movies. Some people say, 'Oh, I thought it was really funny - I hope that's okay!' And my answer always is 'Yes. It's totally okay.'

When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.

I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.