I was at a dinner party with a group of people, and we were talking about fake names. You know, how its difficult to come up with a really great fake….

I never thought of myself as a comedic actor. I didn't go to Second City, that's not my background, I'm not a comic, I studied theater and my career ….

My sense of stand up comedy would be so esoteric..

I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet..

Venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn't mean large. It's also the….

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor..

I don't consider myself a comedian because I don't really concern myself too much with jokes..

There are lots of things that you can go down the list and say, "Oh, these are cliches, we've seen this before, just hits every checkpoint." All of t….

I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval..

Humor is the most important thing in life. It trumps everything else and it's the only thing that helps me deal with everything else..

Oh, the weather outside is weather..

Acting in general you just feel kind of stupid doing it anyway, but when you're pretending to be rolling around and dodging a foot or riding an ant, ….

I'm a huge David Wain fan. He's one of my best friends now, but he just makes me laugh continually, much to the annoyance of his wife..

Marriage is like a tense, unfunny version of Everybody Loves Raymond, only it doesn't last 22 minutes. It lasts forever..

At my core, I'm a Midwesterner..

A lot of people say, "What's the worst part about being an actor?" And the worst part is that you're not a musician..

To me some of the funniest movies would be probably categorized in the dramatic genre, and likewise some of the most dramatic films, or films that ha….

There's something great about the idea of working the land and living communally. That's healthy. That's good..

There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to….

Nothing is ever cut-and-dried. There's anguish behind everything..

I don't really think in terms of genre, I think in terms of story and character..