I prefer to work with first-time directors.

All of a sudden Mindy [Kaling] was writing on The Office and had sold a TV show. When we'd try to write shows, we'd jokingly call the word documents "Hit Show." We just couldn't crack the code.

Aspire to do better. Instead of being the leader of the group, be the little person.

I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.

I've always been, in games, the bad guy. If there was ever cops and robbers I was always a robber.

You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.

There is always going to something very grounded about the characters I play, because of my Chicago roots, because the city is so grounded. Even my wife pointed it out when we were in the city, she said that even the architecture is grounded in Chicago, it's so solid. Because it has to deal with winters. There is something about Chicago that keeps people centered and grounded.