I think that’s the big difference between this one [Ordinary World] and a lot of the other rock ‘n’ roll movies. They’re playing to tape, but Fred Armisen and I were actually in a rock ‘n’ roll bad together.
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONGWe’d go through the script together, rehearsing it before every shot with the other actors. He was just easy to work with. We were able to put it in my language, which was really important.
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The things that people do now in sports, you can’t even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.
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The quietest are often working-class people, people who are broke. There is a fear of losing whatever it is that you have. I come from that background.
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I can’t sleep very well at night. It takes me a while to get to sleep. I could just be nocturnal. I have my nighttime witching hour where I hang out, listen to records or watch TV.
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One thing I can’t do is do anything half-assed. I want to make sure everything is right, that the song is fully realized.
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Hopefully, I don’t ruin this guy’s precious script.” And then, after a couple of days of shooting,
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When someone is in a car accident and they’re driving at 100 mph, drunk, who’s tape do you think his listening to at that time? Think about it.
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Moshing and broken glass just don’t go together.
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I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.
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There are many things in life that you feel you need such as television, magazines, teachers telling that you have to make money and be successful, but if you have some kind of hope, something to hold onto, then all this will no longer be important.
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I just want to write good songs that people love, which is a tough thing to do.
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I’m a songwriter-I’m obligated to keep pushing myself.
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I just open my mouth and out it comes.
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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.
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Just because you sing songs about a certain feeling doesn’t mean you have to go feeling that way forever.
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History will tell if we were really a good band or just a one day fly.
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