Throw your children in the surf and let them get used to it. They have to learn all about rips and tides and swimming between the flags and all that sort of stuff. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true.

If I read something and I love it, I'll do it and I don't even ask what the budget is.

It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.

Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue.

I didn't study Greek mythology in school and I wish I had.

My wife and I really, really like each other as well as love each other.

Each time you go to the same track you know whether you're improving or whether you're not... it's not open to interpretation. It's measurable - unlike acting.