That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years.

Books are great for if you want to work on the craft of writing for yourself, or, you know, to write novels or indie films, stuff like that.

Don't write something that is your passion project because all it will do is get the passion stomped out of you.

Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines.

Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a half of a credit on maybe one movie, or none. So they're all theoretical.

People kept passing our [ with Robert Ben Garant] script around, and suddenly we had this reputation as screenwriters, which we're not - we're sketch comedy guys.

Being a working person who works for the studios. It's a minefield and there's tons of stuff you need to know. And people mess it up all the time.