It shocks me that 90210 and Superbad are technically considered part of the same genre. It was as much TV shows as movies that made us feel under-represented. No part of me watched 90210 and thought, ‘Yeah! that’s what my life is like!’ It seemed like a different planet. I mean, I like shitty movies as much as the next guy, I’m not a snob, but things like that had no guys like us in it - that was the point.
My mom’s a social worker and my dad works in non-profit organizations. But they seem very radical in American terms, embracing a form of socialism that really doesn’t even exist here. I mean, where I come from, communism is not a terrible word.
I guess what Judd Apatow is to me, is what Terrence Malick is to David Gordon Green. They’re just good friends.
I remember when I got my first Adam Sandler CD and it was the funniest thing I’d ever heard in my entire life, and continues to be.
I couldn’t say enough great things about him. He’s the reason I’m not a homeless crack-head right now. - on Judd Apatow
On writing and starring in The Green Hornet: Nerds love complaining. You go to Ain’t It Cool News, and everybody complains about everything. They could find out Jesus Christ was making a movie with Frank Miller, and they’d say, ‘That’s a terrible combination!
When I first moved to LA, I went out to meet with agencies, and one of them asked me what my goals were. I said ‘to be in a Kevin Smith movie.’ That goal has not changed.
[On appearing in 'Knocked Up" and 'Pineapple Express'] You know, I never had a girlfriend before and I thought it would masculinize me. But it’s actually done the opposite. Now I know about accent walls and the whole world of throw pillows.