I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.

Once someone is in your family orbit, there's a mutual responsibility, and whatever happens to them happens to you.

The craft Emmys are kind of the kids table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.

I guess for me the greatest injustice is to see people robbed of that interiority and process of association.

Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.

Literally, I see my writing as transcription - a transcription of what I see, hear, think, live.

Even trying it as an actor, I never thought I'd actually make it.