Jody Hill, who I created ‘Eastbound And Down’ and ‘Fist Foot Way’ with, was my best man at my wedding.
I had a classic gym teacher in junior high who wore a weightlifter’s belt all the time.
You know, a lot of those angry sort of Southern man characters that I’ve been doing are based on different people I might’ve had as, like, a soccer coach or as a teacher.
In my school, people liked the gym teachers because they were the football or soccer coaches. But look, if they’re cool, they get respect.
It’s awesome to see something like ‘Inception’, which is just mind-blowing and amazing, and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like that’s rare.