The biggest challenge [making Pineapple Express] was that we had a comedy budget. We really got excited the more we got into the development of it about blowing stuff up and having shoot outs. That stuff costs money.

Seth Rogen

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To me, always just - that scene is, like, so convenient. They never run out of bullets in action movies, unless it's at the most dramatic time possible.

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We just kind of wanted to play with these iconic moments of action. There's a really small one that always makes me laugh really hard, where there's a big shootout at the end, and the moment my gun runs out of bullets, I turn and there's just another gun sitting there, and I'm, like, oh, nice.

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I was always big. I was kind of around this size, like, since I went into high school. I played rugby and stuff like that. So, people, you know, would screw with me, but I never got into, like, a real fight or anything like that.

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I'm a process server, so I have to wear a suit. by Seth Rogen

I'm a process server, so I have to wear a suit.

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One of the big things that we wanted to do was trying to kick out a car window as you're driving after it's been shattered obstructing your view. I mean, that's - I can't count how many movies I've seen that in, and we just thought, you know, like, it could be funny if it just kind of goes wrong and this foot just kind of punctures through the window and gets stuck.

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I always thought realistic was a better way to explain things that were "dramedies" because life is like that. It's funny, it's dramatic and to me that's how I see it.

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It's just kind of seemed like a funny way to explore action movies, I guess. I mean, I'm a big fan of them always. It's always people who are very equipped to deal with the situations that they're thrown in. So, the notion just seemed funny, because it's, like, basically stoners are kind of the last guys in the world who are equipped to deal with that. And the humor possibilities just seemed somewhat endless.

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In "Superbad," I carry a gun, but I didn't get to shoot it that m... by Seth Rogen

In "Superbad," I carry a gun, but I didn't get to shoot it that much.

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You don't have to put dresses in a movie to make girls like it. by Seth Rogen

You don't have to put dresses in a movie to make girls like it.

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I remember, when I was an up-and-coming comic, how annoyed I would be when the famous guys would show up and just take everyone's spots.

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After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and dis... by Seth Rogen

After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor.

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Most people I work with are older than me and the main thing I've learnt is that everyone is a dumb as an 18-year-old.

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To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is somethin... by Seth Rogen

To me, what separates a funny movie from a good movie is something personal.

good-movie

My characters come from a good place. by Seth Rogen

My characters come from a good place.

good-place character

If you ask most high schoolers who Bruce Lee is, they will say that it someone they sit next to in English class.

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I'll vote for whoever is the Democrat. That's all I need to know. by Seth Rogen

I'll vote for whoever is the Democrat. That's all I need to know.

democrat vote needs

I was in high school when Will Ferrell was first on 'Saturday Night Live', and I remember thinking, 'Man, that guy is the funniest guy ever.'

night funny school

My mom drives me crazy sometimes, but I have a good relationship... by Seth Rogen

My mom drives me crazy sometimes, but I have a good relationship with her.

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I remember when I got my first Adam Sandler CD and it was the funniest thing I'd ever heard in my entire life, and continues to be.

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I am lazy, but for some reason, I am so paranoid that I end up wo... by Seth Rogen

I am lazy, but for some reason, I am so paranoid that I end up working hard.

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