Octavia Spencer turned director in 2013 as he co-directed the disaster comedy, ‘This is the End’ with long-time friend Evan Goldberg. The film had an ensemble cast including Seth, James Franco, Jonah Hill, and Emma Watson. It was both a critical and commercial success. In 2014, he acted in the Comedy ‘Neighbors’ directed by Nicholas Stoller in which he plays a married man with a baby daughter whose life turns upside down when some strange neighbors move in next door. The film is counted among Seth’s biggest hits.