The Great Thing About Reading For Quentin

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.

I Go To The Theater, All The Time. I'm Not One Of These Secret Movie, Watch A 35mm Print In My Living The Weekend It Comes Out Guys. I'm Not Jon Bon Jovi. I Go To The Arclight, Like A Regular Asshole.

It Was Amazing How Much Their [seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Shauna Robertson] Process Seemed Familiar To Me, Translating That Into The Work That I Had Done And Giving Actors A Lot Of Freedom And Doing A Lot Of Improvisation And A Total Respect And Collaboration With All The Department Heads And All The Crews, And Just Really Making It An Enjoyable Industry Rather Than Just Clocking In And Doing A Job Which A Lot Of Movies Are.

[i Like] Die Hard And Paul Verhoeven Movies. S - T Like That.

The Original Idea [ Of The Pineapple Express] Came From Judd [apatow] Actually. He Just Kind Of Had The Loose Notion Of Like, 'what About A Weed Action Movie?'.