Growing up in Rhode Island, my friends would have strung me up if I had been a Yankees fan..

Both of my parents are actually music teachers..

Occasionally it can be a little disappointing to see rock gods in their 60s or 70s up on stage..

Hot soup at table is very vulgar; it either leads to an unseemly mode of taking it, or keeps people waiting too long whilst it cools. Soup should be ….

I especially like Duke Ellington jazz, which is a little more... I lived in New York for a while. I lived in Harlem for a bit, and I just fell in lov….

Because Guillermo's [del Toro] obviously a painter painting a picture and my job is just to provide the color that he probably already has in his min….

Both of my parents are actually music teachers. I think I got to a certain age where I decided I'd rather be a baseball player than a musician. Now, ….

You're happy that people are seeing your work. As for the critics, it really hurts when they knock you..

I think people are surprised when I string two sentences together. But I had a fiercely academic upbringing..

I love Queen. Not all of it. Some of it, I can't get into. But "Don't Stop Me Now" is a pretty hilarious song. It's a good pick-me-up in the car..

I've never written anything that wasn't somewhat of a collaboration. I don't know how people do it on their own..

I'm not the biggest fan of comedies where nothing is real..

You're responsible for your own character to a degree, because when it comes to the final draft of the script, you might say, "Well, I think maybe I ….

I always have my best thoughts on the toilet..

In my theater days I assumed that you had to get rid of yourself to do a character well, and I don’t think I was a very good actor when I did that..

I don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great..

Well, you know, I don't think anyone who writes a television series has a master plan from the beginning, and knows all the character traits, and eve….

My wife is from Laurel, Mississippi, and she has a lot of relatives down in Louisiana, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport, Louisiana. We go down there a lot….

Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed w….

Still when I go on talk shows, I worry that I have to live up to a comedic persona..

I was a theater guy growing up and I wanted to be Al Pacino, and I think I just looked and sounded too funny..