Dave McCary

“When you go into pre-production on a movie, you can spend weeks and even months working on the nuances of the animatronics on the bear head. If we were to write a sketch about an animatronic bear on 'SNL,' we'd have to come up with every aspect of the suit within 24 hours.”

“We see the worst versions of ourselves - things we did or could have done - in the characters who inspire us.”

“Everybody has their own story or they've been shaped by their upbringing, and we have to love them for what that experience created.”

“Once I got into film, I was never like, 'I want to make comedies.'”

“And it's just my opinion that I don't think film school is necessary for filmmakers. But I don't want to discourage someone who really wants to learn that way.”

“I think when you work enough on your doing freelance stuff on other films, you start to feel what it feels like to work with people who are not totally on the same page as you.”

“I don't need to spend money on school when I can just do it myself. I have pretty much everything I need with a camera and some funny friends.”

“The path that Lonely Island took got us excited to think we could get somewhere legitimate by making little videos.”

“I got a lot of my film education from sneaking into media labs at USC. I probably owe USC a lot of money.”