Sometimes in Portland I'm like, 'Who is funding this city?' It's doing great - there's all these new shops; there's a synthesizer store. Where is this coming from?

One person who was interesting was Jello Biafra, who was - of all things - very professional!

My showbiz career started with 'SNL,' and to write an 'SNL' book... well, there are already enough of those.

I will always consider myself a punk because of those experiences in high school. It will always be a part of me.

If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

Being able to make a comedy at Disney was really appealing.

Humor is so important to the American scene throughout history.

Humor without sadness underneath it feels cheap and aggressive.