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 worse, it's not a wish-fulfillment movie. It's got a kind of happy ending, but it's not like I forgot to put on the "Ten years later," and they've got four kids and a dog. Those guys are not together today. It always was leading up to the moment of "Oh, I have my first girlfriend." Credits.
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…
- 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
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 …
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.
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 …
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…
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.
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