With 'The Big Lebowski,' we were really consciously thinking about doing a Raymond Chandler story, as much as it's about L.A.
'The Big Lebowski''s soundtrack has had as much of an influence on me as the film itself. My favorite Bob Dylan song is 'The Man in Me,' which plays over the movie's opening credits as well as during the first dream sequence.
Jeff Bridges is one of my favorite actors in the history of ever.
'The Big Lebowski' was something we wrote for Jeff Bridges, and we set it aside for a couple of years because he wasn't available.
I'm a Coen Brothers fan - especially their early work.
I like 'The Big Lebowski'. The Dude is my man. My brother and I can quote that.
I knew a lot about the Coen Brothers by the time I was 12 or 13.
Just a couple of minutes ago, I signed a couple of bowling pins for some people. That's a normal thing. Somebody will hand me something and say, 'Draw a picture! Draw the Dude!' They're probably selling them on eBay or something.
'The Big Lebowski' gave me my first false sense of intellectual superiority.
I can quote every single line in 'The Big Lebowski' from start to finish. That's what happens when you see a movie two dozen times.
The everybody-loves-Jeff Bridges home base is, of course, 'The Big Lebowski.'
