I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.

I think the whole idea of me was that I wasn't going to be but that I wanted to be, desperately.

But I don't think I was ever destined to be a big star.

That's what keeps me up at three in the morning: Who's looking at reviews of Cabin Boy right now?

Probably the most fun I've ever had, actually, acting. Because it was the perfect extension of the stuff that I'd started to do on Late Night With David Letterman, and when I look back on all my work, it was probably the best possible incarnation of Chris Elliott, of me.

People think that all cameramen do is point the camera at things, but it's a heck of a lot more complicated than that.

I don't get offered many dramatic roles. As soon as my face pops up in a movie, everyone knows I'm the funny guy.