My friend Phil Morrison directed a lot of my favorite videos back in the mid- to late-90s - all the Yo La Tengo videos that were funny, a Juliana Hatfield video. He was such an influence with me, and I wanted to do a video the way Phil used to do videos. I did that for Phil.

I always have a lot of respect for people who do things. Even if it's the worst garbage on earth.

Creeps get rewarded for being creepy.

In indie rock, there's the phenomenon of: "Oh, this guy seems totally normal, but he's actually crazy." There's more of that out there than you'd think.

Mike Holmes is insanely talented and his work bristles with the kind of humanity and insight that is rare in comics – or in humans, for that matter.

I will say, the performers in the musical are some of the most super-talented people I've ever seen.

My day job is writing for television. So I've been on enough sets, and I know how things work.