“Discipline and commitment are essential to being a writer. You can’t be a writer unless you’re disciplined and you’re committed to the cause, which is like, write the script, write the book, write the sonnet, write the symphony. If...
“If we had absolutely no one in the movie, they might not have even been interested in interviewing me. But you know, then when it’s like, ‘Hey, we’ve got this Eric Roberts cameo, we’ve got Carrot Top, Jesse’s the Star.’ So...