I've Always Had The Hair Of Lionel

The One Thing About Being A Parent Is The Ability To Be Selfless: To Give Up The Things You Want And Need For The Benefit Of Someone Else.

You Know, A Lot Of Those Angry Sort Of Southern Man Characters That I've Been Doing Are Based On Different People I Might've Had As, Like, A Soccer Coach Or As A Teacher.

I Went To Film School So I Have A Writing And Directing Background, And I Think A Lot Of The Material I'm Interested In Writing And Getting Out There Is Stories About Anti-heroes And People You Should Just Not Ordinarily Root For - Trying To Figure Out A Way Of Appealing To People They Wouldn't Normally Appeal To.

When I Met David Green At Film School He Always Used To Offer Free Haircuts - He Was Kind Of An Artisan. In A Lot Of Our Films, He's Constantly Trying To Give Me Weird Looks.

My First Job Was At An Amusement Park In Virginia. It Was The Worst. I Loved The Park But Once I'd Worked There All The Magic Was Gone From It. It Just Turned Into A Place I Hated And I've Never Been There Since.