Producer

Prior to 'The Goldbergs,' I rarely got good reviews on anything I've done.

For me, every show that's about teachers - and there's been a number of them - they're like misfits who hate the kids and don't want to be there and hate their jobs. For me, having crazy parents, my teachers were the sane people who raised me, and they liked being there.

I feel like, with any show, the creator should stick to it the first few years and get it off the ground.

The way I'm raising my kids is so different than the way I was raised.

I think a lot of guys have their favorite shirt that they wear for years and years.

I ended up going to NYU for film school - close to Pennsylvania - but we talked about what if I went to UCLA or USC, and my mom's whole world was caving in.

My mom is not typical in any way.

'The Wonder Years' family was the kind where everything seemed to be bubbling and simmering with the occasional explosion. There were a lot of things that went unsaid in that family. In my family, everything is said - on the surface, you scream and yell about it, and three minutes later, you're all friends.

In our house, there was a lot of yelling. It was everyone walking in on each other and very few boundaries.

I ended up going to NYU for film school - close to Pennsylvania - but we talked about what if I went to UCLA or USC, and my mom's whole world was caving in.

My mom is a pack rat.

Jeff Garlin is essentially my dad.

Anyone who grew up with me knows that Queen is my favorite band of all time.

I never saw my parents kiss.

I would make hockey movies: I would edit together Flyers games and do highlight reels of goals or fights, which I still have to this day.

Watching Eagles games with my dad, whether at the vet or in our house, was a big part of my childhood.

Some of my movies hold the bottom rankings on Rotten Tomatoes.

I wasn't a sweet kid. I was an instigator and provoked everyone with my goofy hyena cackle, loving every minute of the drama I could create.

I love 'AP Bio' - I think it's so funny - it's just not the show I want to do.

If I don't call my mom back, she'll go on Twitter and say, 'Adam hasn't called me. I'm worried about him,' and strangers will say, 'You're horrible. You go call your mom right now!' It's very complicated.