If you can play an asshole you never get to do it in life, so what rich joy there is to go and do that and say awful things to people.
David KoechnerI think that even in a drama, we all want to smile, and laugh because what a horrible life if we're just like "I'm in a drama." And so I think in everything you're trying to look for the humor, even if it's a dark scene, because most people want to have fun in life, as opposed to have a boring time, a terrible time.
David KoechnerEvery character and person in life needs a voice and every once in a while I get to inhabit the voice of the misunderstood.
David KoechnerI like to say, in Hollywood, you can't make a redneck movie without me. That doesn't happen. You better not do it.
David KoechnerYou are always looking for a different kind of read and a different kind of intention when you are by yourself in the booth. Occasionally you are playing off of people, but it is a bit of a different muscle that you have to flex. At the end of the day though, it really is all just great fun and play that we are lucky enough to get paid for.
David Koechner