It was Paul Hunter’s existence, and there was an elevated element of surrealism to everything. It’s a quirky family, but it’s all based on Paul’s upbringing as a young guy. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley in the sixties and seventies, every time we had a scene that I just thought was a little bit outlandish, Paul would have some anecdote that rooted it in the truth of what happened with him, which is how I approached playing a version of his dad.