[i Like] Die Hard And Paul Verhoeven

[ I Watched ] Spicoli In Fast Times, Which Isn't Exactly A Stoner Movie, Or The Big Lebowski, Which I Think Is More Than A Stoner Movie Or Brad Pitt In True Romance.

It's Important To See Your Parents As Individuals. As A Son Or As A Daughter You Don't Stop And Think That Your Parents Might Have Their Own Expectations, Dreams Or Disappointments.

I Was Looking To Do A Comedy And Found A Group Of Guys That Were Really Supportive Of My Interests In It, Though It Was A Little Outside Of My Wheel House. Strangely, I Visited The Set Of Knocked Up And Met Seth [rogen] And Evan [goldberg] And Judd[apatow] And Shauna [robertson].

I Knew I Just Loved Comedy, And I Think It Was My Parents Who Initially Brought Up The Notion Of Me Trying To Do Stand-up. I Think I Actually Tried Writing Jokes Just At Home, Just Kind Of Sitting Around. But It Seemed Like A Very Real Way To Step Into The World Of Comedy. I Felt I Could Do It, So Why Not?

There Was A Year Straight Where Every Weekend, I Went To At Least One Bar Mitzvah Or Bat Mitzvah, And We Would All Go, And It Was A Lot Of Fun. We Sneak Some Beer; We'd Hang Out; We Would Try To Get With Girls And Not. And Usually We'd Just End Up Hanging Out Together Alone.