When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.

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

There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.

Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

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