The Original Idea [ Of The Pineapple

I Don't Think That Any Scene [in Pineapple Express] Is Word For Word How You'd Find It In The Script. Some Of It Was Much More Loose Than Others. The Last Scene With Me, Danny [mcbride] And James [franko] In The Diner - There Was Never Even A Script For That Scene. Usually We Write Something, But For That Scene We Literally Wrote Nothing.

When We Grew Up In Vancouver Our Friends Were - I Don't Know If I'd Say Callous, But We Had A Very, You Know, Harsh Relationship With One Another; We'd Constantly Make Fun Of Each Other.

You Want To Create An Environment Where We're Fostering Ideas, Not Rejecting Them.

I Hadn't Done A Comedy For A While. I Had Directed A Very Low Budget Movie Called The Ape And It Was Playing At A Festival In Austin. Judd [apatow] Was There And He Came And Saw It And It's Kind Of Funny.

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?