I feel like I came from a generation where... We didn't have Vietnam. We didn't have World War II. Nothing cultural was thrust upon us to make men out of us, so you're kind of free to not grow up… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I was naïve when I was young, I was sheltered. I had illusions about who I was going to be, delusions, and a little… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
Believe me, there is a ton of stuff we shot on Superbad that was unusable, because people were just riffing and riffing. It's just… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm long overdue for a "one for me" movie, so I've got two low-budget indy personal things I'm working on. — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
Isla [Fisher] is so pretty we were trying to decide who the hell should play against her that would intimidate her, and one day… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
Jon Hamm was the first I thought of for the other role in [Keeping Up with the Joneses], I recently worked with him on… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
[Gal Gadot] is really intense and scary and also incredibly warm and sweet. — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
[Keeping Up with the Joneses] is not one of those movies where people get shot and fall down and there's no reality of what… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of Zach's [Galifianakis] and I auditioned Zach a million years ago on a movie called Duplex which I was fired… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I guess bittersweet is probably my favorite tone, as a lover of Woody Allen and Federico Fellini and the French New Wave. You know,… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I lived on Thompson Street in SoHo for 13 years and I watched it go from a little Italian neighborhood to the Mall Of… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I'm really glad to have made a movie that way on Superbad, because I learned a lot about what can be done and what… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I was in college - Carnegie Mellon, which is one of the reasons Pittsburgh was appealing to me - and I personally feel that… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
When I was a TV director working on Judd Apatow's show Undeclared. I was surrounded by so many young people. People like Seth Rogen,… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
Brian Eno records and music became a huge obsession of mine in college, in a way that a pop song can provide solace. I… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
I am very interested in the small decisions people make that do set you on a different road in your life. As much as… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
![“Isla [Fisher] is so pretty we were trying to decide who the hell should play against her that would intimidate her, and one day I said, "You know...this was before Superman had come out, Superman v. Batman: The Court Room Drama I like to call it.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/200/greg-mottola-18911_batman_isla-fisher-is-so-pretty-we-were-trying_677288.jpg)
![“Jon Hamm was the first I thought of for the other role in [Keeping Up with the Joneses], I recently worked with him on Clear History, an HBO improv movie that we had done together.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f0/greg-mottola-18911_clear_jon-hamm-was-the-first-i-thought-of-for_700329.jpg)
![“[Gal Gadot] is really intense and scary and also incredibly warm and sweet.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/630/greg-mottola-18911_gals_gal-gadot-is-really-intense-and-scary-an_902264.jpg)
![“[Keeping Up with the Joneses] is not one of those movies where people get shot and fall down and there's no reality of what would happen if you got shot and knocked over a motorcycle. It's meant to be a slight comedy in that sense.” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/685/greg-mottola-18911_comedy_keeping-up-with-the-joneses-is-not-one-o_972867.jpg)
![“I'm a huge fan of Zach's [Galifianakis] and I auditioned Zach a million years ago on a movie called Duplex which I was fired from. But Zach came in - It was like 2000, maybe - as a buddy stand-up that people were starting to notice and there was something about him I loved. He wasn't quite right…” quote by Greg Mottola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a12/greg-mottola-18911_buddy_i-m-a-huge-fan-of-zach-s-galifianakis-an_1011792.jpg)
