I like playing characters that, you know, a couple could go see the movie and one person could love him and one person could hate him..

As an actor, you tell part of a story. As a writer, you get more of telling that story. But as a director, they're seeing the world through your eyes..

When you create something you're free to explore it however you want to do it..

I mean, I find things that happened in real life to be the funniest - things that you observe instead of crazy abstract things, you know..

Albert Brooks is definitely one of my biggest influences, for sure..

I'm a lifelong Simpsons fanatic and I wanted to create my own animated show, one day..

When you go out to make something, you want it to be great. You need to put a bubble around that, so no one can get into the force field and change w….

You just have to be strong and don't be stupid; freedom of choice is a big responsibility..

New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in 'Pinocchio.'.

Germany's amongst my top three places in the world I'd like to live..

I mean, being shot in slow motion doing cocaine by Martin Scorsese is, like, maybe every actor's dream. Nothing will compare to it. Except maybe havi….

I play a lot of games on my iPhone. There is a game called Rat on a Scooter that I will promote as much as possible because it has brought me so much….

I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, "Oh ma….

I want to meet the man who saw a turtle and said, "People will LOVE the ninja version of that.".

I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched..

I like when you can have a conversation with people and it's not just stock questions..

If I ever over hear people saying I give off an 'Ed Harris type of sexy vibe.' I'll be pretty psyched..

It's always better to shock people and change people's expectations than to give them exactly what they think you can do..

It's harder to be funny if you're handsome than if you're very normal-looking. It's just more relatable. You're the underdog. I mean it's funny to se….

If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy. If you're trying to have a normal conversation, you've got to have a norma….

If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy..