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My dad is an attorney. I've always been interested in it. My sons are probably going to law school.

Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get.

In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously.

I've been lucky enough in 'The West Wing' and 'Brothers & Sisters' to talk about the issues that are important to me with none of the awful mud-slinging or public scrutiny you have in politics.

I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them.

I am terrible with people's names.

Malibu was a wellspring of counterculture group think.

For sure, without question, the writing is better on TV pound for pound than movies because the businesses have changed so much. So all the great writers would rather work for TV, and they do.

I have a friend who is very successful in business, and his motto is, 'Don't do what you can do. Do what only you can do.' First of all, you have to know what your specific, unique gift is and then you do that... every actor does that but every once in a while an actor plays a part that only they can play.

The cast of 'Parks & Rec' is just a group of unbelievably nice, humble, down to earth, hilarious friends.

When I got sober, that was 1990.

I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on.

The first private space of my own wasn't a dorm room; it was a hotel room in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

After my parents' divorce when I was 4, I spent weekends with my dad before we finally moved to California. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was incapable of enjoying the day's activities, of being in the moment, because I was already dreading the inevitable goodbye of Sunday evening.

Cannes is a little bit like French wine. There are certain years that people prefer over others.

Equality for everybody is great. That would be amazing.

I have had a lot of blessed, interesting things happen to me and have bumped up against some amazing people.

The minute you start making calculations about what people will think of you as a person based on your work as an actor, you're on the road to becoming a bad one.

Some actors specialize in shooting weapons and punching people. Some have the market on playing buffoons cornered, others specialize in roles that require heavy makeup or outrageous wardrobe. Some trade exclusively in a post-ironic blase attitude.

I'm a sportsman, you know, and I shoot skeet, and I grew up in the Midwest, so that's a part of my culture.

I couldn't have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science.