I've taken that road trip,

The question is where do we go from here? The answer is -- life.

I liked the idea of fiasco as failure gone to church, ... How does that become a transcendent thing? And that morphed into the different mini-themes.

Say Anything . . .

This was not a navel-gazing experience. But it did feel like it was worth saying as a tribute [to my father]. I always equate it to music. Every once in a while, songwriters say, 'This one's more personal than the others.' So I figured, embrace it.

The whimsical side of my dad really comes through in this movie.