It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.

Wilson subsequently landed a role in The Cable Guy directed by Ben Stiller an early admirer of Bottle Rocket. The 2004 film was ultimately co-written by filmmaker Noah Baumbach. Both brothers are also involved in filmmaking.

He received his distinctive twice-broken nose during childhood. He also starred in Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited (2007).