My experience over the years with working with people who are not actors or not trained actors is that you have to get to know them well enough to see what they have that's translatable onto the screen. So you're constantly calibrating to play to their strengths. And the key is to never ask them to do things that are beyond their abilities or are really far away from who they are at their core.

Never done an explosion, but I have had explosive diarrhea, and that was very, very real. Good thing I have my trailer.

I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves.

I try to use other songs or bands as reference points - it seems like the easiest way to get across what are really differences of taste or opinion. If you know what kind of music somebody loves, then you can kind of figure out why they do what they do.

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

I'm a big believer that if there's something you really want to do, don't walk away because of the deal.

The key is, how do you feel with the one asshole? They cannot be talked to. That's why they are assholes.