Isla [Fisher] is so pretty we were trying to decide who the hell should play against her that would intimidate her, and one day I said, "You know...this was before Superman had come out, Superman v. Batman: The Court Room Drama I like to call it.
We didn't want to make it a parody of Don Draper[in Keeping Up With the Joneses] but we did arrive on this idea that there's a side of Jon Hamm that … - Greg Mottola
We didn't want to make it a parody of Don Draper[in Keeping Up With the Joneses] but we did arrive on this idea that there's a side of Jon Hamm that …
- Greg Mottola
I was running the risk in Adventureland, even though we stayed close to the script, because I wanted it to be not a schematic movie. For better or wo… - Greg Mottola
I was running the risk in Adventureland, even though we stayed close to the script, because I wanted it to be not a schematic movie. For better or wo…
I lived on Thompson Street in SoHo for 13 years and I watched it go from a little Italian neighborhood to the Mall Of America. Then the obvious fact … - Greg Mottola
I lived on Thompson Street in SoHo for 13 years and I watched it go from a little Italian neighborhood to the Mall Of America. Then the obvious fact …
I'm really glad to have made a movie that way on Superbad, because I learned a lot about what can be done and what the limitations are. - Greg Mottola
I'm really glad to have made a movie that way on Superbad, because I learned a lot about what can be done and what the limitations are.
I think Stanley Tucci was having an affair with his mother. He had this odd quality that I haven't seen him ever get to do again in a movie that just… - Greg Mottola
I think Stanley Tucci was having an affair with his mother. He had this odd quality that I haven't seen him ever get to do again in a movie that just…
I feel like I came from a generation where... We didn't have Vietnam. We didn't have World War II. Nothing cultural was thrust upon us to make men ou… - Greg Mottola
I feel like I came from a generation where... We didn't have Vietnam. We didn't have World War II. Nothing cultural was thrust upon us to make men ou…
One of the dangers of making a movie about young people is it's potentially trite. - Greg Mottola
One of the dangers of making a movie about young people is it's potentially trite.
It actually took me 20 years to want to write about my youth. I was definitely always a little intimidated about writing about that part of my life. - Greg Mottola
It actually took me 20 years to want to write about my youth. I was definitely always a little intimidated about writing about that part of my life.
Believe me, there is a ton of stuff we shot on Superbad that was unusable, because people were just riffing and riffing. It's just part of the Judd A… - Greg Mottola
Believe me, there is a ton of stuff we shot on Superbad that was unusable, because people were just riffing and riffing. It's just part of the Judd A…
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