I'm pretty sure I was never destined for the stage. How did you feel having your cameo cut from the film? It was like being a guest inside my own skull. I also got to visit the set a couple of times which was unforgettable. In his attic, we watched Woody Allen, Godard, Truffaut, Rohmer, Scorcese, Kubrick. I was script consultant, which mainly meant trying to ensure that the characters sounded like themselves, and I worked with the director to help decide the tone of the film. How much involvement did you have in Submarine, the film? Though if I was exactly the type of person that my poems suggest I am, I'm not sure how many friends I would have. They tend to prey upon my anxieties and paranoias and expand upon them. I put more of my adult self into my poems. Is there more or less of you in your poetry? I also got to visit the set a couple of times, which was unforgettable. I was definitely weird and self-obsessed (and sex-obsessed) at that age, but I never took to stalking my mum’s friends. The protagonist, Oliver, is approximately 42 percent me. We chat with Joe about his greatest football goal and fellow author and philanthropist, Dave Eggers. The indie movie based on his debut novel Submarine was a cult hit.
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