Seth Rogen Says If You Use AI to Write Scripts, Then 'You Shouldn't Be a Writer': 'Go Do Something Else'

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From Variety, 5/16/26:

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/seth-rogen-ai-write-scripts-shouldnt-be-a-writer-cannes-1236751083/

Seth Rogen told Brut at the Cannes Film Festival that if you use AI to write your stories or scripts, then you “shouldn’t be a writer.”

“I don’t understand what it’s supposed to do,” Rogen said when asked about AI in filmmaking. “Every time I see a video on Instagram that’s like, ‘Hollywood is cooked,’ what follows is the most stupid dog shit I’ve ever seen in my life. And if your instinct is to use AI and not go through that process. You shouldn’t be a writer. Because you’re not writing.”

He continued, “Go do something else. And if you don’t want to go through the process, you shouldn’t be a writer. The idea of a tool that makes me write less is not appealing to me, because I like writing.”

Rogen is at Cannes to promote his new animated film “Tangles,” which follows a young woman as she grapples with her mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. When the interviewer commented that she was happy there was no AI used in the film, Rogen said, “Not at all. It’s hand-drawn animation. Every frame has a human touch to it, which is great.”

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Bravo!!!