In an interview with Rolling Stone, director Judd Apatow responded to the interviewer's statement: "You've said that as an entertainer, all the success in the world won't heal you." Apatow replied, "It doesn't do anything. There is a great distraction in thinking, 'When I get to the top of that hill, it's all gonna be awesome.' And then when you get to the top of the hill, you're like, 'Oh, I guess now I have to really deal with my problems, because that didn't work at all.'"