I have profound respect for Sacha Baron Cohen, but Borat is not a particularly comfortable movie for me to sit through.

I'm working on a script right about Civil War re-enactors who go back in time to the actual Civil War. It's kind of a big, crazy Back to the Future comedy. So, of course, it's the Civil War - I play the banjo. I was just having a conversation with one of the producers about some of the material and he was like, 'You know, we have to work in a scene where you play the banjo. And I was like I'll get behind that.

There is something beautiful in the mundane if you take enough microscope to it and focus in on something that seems innocuous to begin with.

I think the culture of Civil War re-enacting is also incredibly fascinating.

This word gets overused in describing actors but I think it applies to Mike [Tyson] in this case - he was totally fearless. He jumped in and played with us comedically and improvised a lot. A lot of jokes in those scenes with him are from him improvising.

I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.

I told personal stories the way [Bill] Cosby would spin a yarn for ten minutes. I think in hindsight it works better as a long story than as a condensed monologue.