I loved the independent spirit of the whole experience, instead of doing a big Hollywood picture, or something like that where I would have felt more out of place.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG
My brother David was a great athlete and I knew there was no way I could live up to that.
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - We do have American Idiot picked up by HBO and I wrote the record and concept to it. [We have] the writer Rolin Jones and [director] Michael Mayer [who also directed the Broadway production], so we’ll see what happens.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/we-do-have-american-idiot-picked-up-by-hbo-and-i-w.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - The fact that I was taking naps in churches, in between takes of the [Ordinary World], and there was that guerilla style of filmmaking, I felt more at home with that.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/the-fact-that-i-was-taking-naps-in-churches-in-bet.jpg)
![Billie Joe Armstrong Quote - As agent asked if I wanted to be represented, and I said, “Yeah, sure, I’ll give it a shot!” It was never something I had really put that much thought into. But then, Lee Kirk reached out and asked if I was interested, and I read the script of the [Ordinary World] and said, “Absolutely!”](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/as-agent-asked-if-i-wanted-to-be-represented-and-i.jpg)
