Bobcat Goldthwait

My heroes, growing up, were people like Andy Kaufman and Groucho Marx and people that very rarely drop the persona.

Being shocking and cruel is a commerce. It's an actual valued skill now. The thing that really annoys me, the perception of it is that it takes intelligence, and it doesn't.

I had fame and wealth and things that are supposed to make you happy, but I wasn't happy, because there's no importance on having a fulfilling life. So in my mid-40s, that was my pursuit - making films that interested me, films that I would like to go see.

The movies I make don't take place in reality.

I do live a very Hugh Beaumont existence. I'm up every morning, taking my kids to school and all that, which obviously does interest me. But then it's taking meetings with goofballs and auditioning for crap, and then I spend a lot of time on the road.

My wife and daughter both bust me on how much I am the guy yelling at kids to get off my lawn.

My approach to making movies is different than other people, because I just write a lot of screenplays. I'm constantly writing screenplays.

I'm always wondering, if Bigfoot's not real, then why does this creature show up in all these different cultures? I'm always fascinated by that kind of stuff.

If I ever got to do television, I would be interested in doing different kinds of characters and stories, and television doesn't lend itself to that.

Every week, there's a different equivalent of Charlie Sheen having a breakdown. I knew about Kim Kardashian getting married - and then getting divorced - and there's no reason I should. I don't have hostility toward Kim Kardashian - just toward the people who take that stuff seriously.

I've probably done myself a disservice as a brand because the movies I've made. They've all been completely different.

I was in punk bands when I was a kid, and then I would do stand-up in between bands - which wasn't any different from my singing.