I always think that I'm the best thing in a lot of bad movies. Personally, I have to. I think that I like me as an actor..

You can inspire people to give you greatness, or you can micro-manage them into your own one specific kernel of an idea. To me, I think that when you….

A lot of times, as a clown, you find acting for a reason. It's a way to exercise yourself. If you're funny, you test yourself..

When you go from movie to movie, it's like going from family to family. You work with people for really intense hours on really long days and a bond ….

I was like, what the hell is my life coming to? I'm a trained actor! I've done Shakespeare and here I am having farting contests with an imaginary do….

Every character lives in ever actor and if you're doing your job right, you're just accessing that part of your fantasy life. I can kill someone just….

How much do you have to pay someone to be in a George Clooney/Alexander Payne film? NOTHING!! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it.….

I've always been a guy that doesn't do well waiting for people to say, "You can act." It's always been a part of me..

I think everyone is given drama, by virtue of the fact that we all have drama in our lives, but not everyone can make people laugh..

I don't go to parties. I don't go to clubs. My friends and I don't go drinking, we play D&D. I'm still a weird entity in the world..

Nothing would make my kids happier than to do another movie..

Hollywood used to be run by artists and people who loved artists... people who wanted to make movies for all the right reasons. For the love. The Art….

Charlie Brown's good. I always had a little crush on that Lucy. I thought she was kind of a hot little brunette..

There's not a comedy actor who doesn't want a chance to do drama, and vice versa. As actors, we're always looking to be pushed and to do the other si….

Character actors are becoming a thing of the past. They're just going by the wayside. They're just cutting through that caliber of acting..

You may not have faith in my friend fate, But my friend fate has faith in you..

Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'ca….

My first love is acting, but the reality is that I just don't get too many opportunities to stretch, and grow, and inspire myself as an actor, certai….

When I was in high school, I was the guy directing plays after class. I started my first theater company at 19, and my second theater company at 21. ….

To me, the punk rock kids I grew up with were really, really smart, and to me, respecting those kids was a really big deal..

I learned a lot, in terms of inspiring people. It became very clear to me, very early on, that directing a movie was a lot like being in a theater co….