A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of keep you at arm's length. They can be really funny, but they're not really nourishing.
I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore. - Ty Burrell
I've played a lot of really smarmy people in film, and it can be real fun, don't get me wrong. But it can be characters I'm not as excited to explore.
- Ty Burrell
Well, that's the great thing about indie film, in general. If it's not subject to the constraints of too much pressure from the studio or marketing, … - Ty Burrell
Well, that's the great thing about indie film, in general. If it's not subject to the constraints of too much pressure from the studio or marketing, …
My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been improvising together since we were kids. Literally. - Ty Burrell
My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been improvising together since we were kids. Literally.
I had no real direction at all in my 20's and so I did what a lot of people without direction do: I took an acting class. In one of those first days … - Ty Burrell
I had no real direction at all in my 20's and so I did what a lot of people without direction do: I took an acting class. In one of those first days …
The truth is I've just never had any kind of plan at all for my career, which is probably not a very flattering thing to admit. I don't know that I'd… - Ty Burrell
The truth is I've just never had any kind of plan at all for my career, which is probably not a very flattering thing to admit. I don't know that I'd…
There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point. - Ty Burrell
There's lots of problem solving in any marriage, but when you have this collective goal that is a human being, it's an inspiring rally point.
Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing small or big comedy part. It always has the potential to be a blast. - Ty Burrell
Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing small or big comedy part. It always has the potential to be a blast.
And I watch Saturday Night Live religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams. - Ty Burrell
And I watch Saturday Night Live religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.
If you're trying to make something funny, and it doesn't feel like you're always getting something, it doesn't have quite a lot of joy. - Ty Burrell
If you're trying to make something funny, and it doesn't feel like you're always getting something, it doesn't have quite a lot of joy.
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