We [with Judd Apatow] Started Talking About

I Am Lazy, But For Some Reason, I Am So Paranoid That I End Up Working Hard.

We Just Kind Of Wanted To Play With These Iconic Moments Of Action. There's A Really Small One That Always Makes Me Laugh Really Hard, Where There's A Big Shootout At The End, And The Moment My Gun Runs Out Of Bullets, I Turn And There's Just Another Gun Sitting There, And I'm, Like, Oh, Nice.

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 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.

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.