Casey Neistat

As a director, I have the greatest job in the world, but if I don't push the boundaries, then what's the point of having it? ”

I was always the guy who jumped off the roof of the garage, who could climb up the facade of a building. ”

I was in New York City for September 11th, and I was there for the 2003 blackout. I think in hindsight, you get a real perspective as to how unique those moments of crisis are in a place like New York City. ”

So many car commercials are shot in the Salt Flats, and so much great imagery comes out of that place, but I've never been there, and I'm curious. ”

As a viewer, I care about people, I care about characters, I care about perspective. ”

For all the marathons I've run, including the Ironmans that I've run, immediately after the race, I clean myself up, do whatever I need to do to make sure I'm okay, and I get right back out there, and I cheer people on. Because it's the people who come in late in the race I find most inspiring. ”

I took my iPod to the Apple store here in Manhattan and asked them to replace the battery. And they explained to me that Apple does not offer a service to replace the battery in the iPod, and my best bet was to buy a new iPod. ”

I washed dishes so I could make movies. it was never a way for me to make money. ”

I consider myself to be a very good skateboarder, but the difficulty when you're being pulled behind any car, when there's only a 20-ft. line, is that you can't see the potholes. ”

I get, like, 50 emails a day from kids being like, 'I want to go on this trip around the world. How do I get a sponsor?' ”