I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.

I assume most of the characters I play are exactly like me.

You can't handle the truth!

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.

I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman.

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.