I Didn't Think I'd Ever

Most Comedy Comes Out Of Misery.

I Have Become A Giant Fan Of The Testing Process, Especially With A Comedy. I Mean, They Tell You What's Funny. It's Almost Tailor-made For People Who Shoot The Way We Shoot, Trying A Million Different Options And Versions Of Things. Because The Audience Doesn't Laugh At A Joke, We Put In Another Joke. If They Don't Laugh At The Next Joke, We Put In Another Joke. You Just Keep Doing Them And You Can Get The Movie To The Point Where Every Joke Is Funny, If You Have Enough Options In The Can.

It's Much More Painful To Bomb In Front Of A Group Of Yours Peers Than It Is To Not Win. Tons Of Assholes Ain't Winning Awards, But Only One Guy Will Be Bombing. So, That's Much More Nerve-wracking.

We Were Really Fortunate To Work [on Pineapple Express] With A Studio That Was Really Supportive Of These Guys. It Was Before Superbad And Knocked Up Had Even Come Out, But Everyone Just Felt Really Great About Them And The Energy Surrounding Seth [rogen] And Evan [goldberg] And Judd [apatow] - All Of These Guys - And The Idea Of Getting Franco Back Into Comedy As Well.

Just Always Be Extremely Respectful, Was Something That Was Drilled Into Me, Which I Think Probably Prevented Me From Having Sex For A Good Seven Years Longer Than It Should Have.